"He heard the call and answered. He fell open-eyed and unafraid"
IMLAY, Alexander Peter
Captain
16th Battalion Portrait of Captain Alexander Peter Imlay, DSO and Bar, of Prospect, South Australia, wearing the Gordon Highlanders, British Army, uniform. He enlisted in the AIF on 23 September 1914, as a second lieutenant with the 16th Battalion, and embarked from Melbourne, Vic, aboard HMAT Ceramic on 22 December 1914. He served with the 47th Battalion at Gallipoli and the Western Front and was wounded twice. He was mentioned in despatches twice and awarded the Legion of Honour on 26 April 1917, and the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) on 5 March 1917 and a bar to the DSO on 7 December 1917. He returned to Australia on 21 March 1919 aboard HMAT Dongala. He was promoted to Major in 1920 and transferred to the reserve list as a lieutenant colonel in October 1920. In 1921 he joined the Gordon Highlanders, British Army, as a captain, and in 1930 transferred to the Royal Indian Army Service Corps. He retired in 1937, but was reappointed in 1940 for service during the Second World War. He died in 1959 in Scotland. Studio portrait of Lieutenant Alexander Peter Imlay, of Prospect, South Australia. He enlisted in the AIF on 23 September 1914, as a second lieutenant with the 16th Battalion, and embarked from Melbourne, Vic, aboard HMAT Ceramic on 22 December 1914. He served with the 47th Battalion at Gallipoli and the Western Front and was wounded twice. He was mentioned in despatches twice and awarded the Legion of Honour on 26 April 1917, and the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) on 5 March 1917 and a bar to the DSO on 7 December 1917. He returned to Australia on 21 March 1919 aboard HMAT Dongala. He was promoted to Major in 1920 and transferred to the reserve list as a lieutenant colonel in October 1920. In 1921 he joined the Gordon Highlanders, British Army, as a captain, and in 1930 transferred to the Royal Indian Army Service Corps. He retired in 1937, but was reappointed in 1040 for service during the Second World War. He died in 1959 in Scotland www.awm.gov.au P05772.007 |
IND, Milton Howard
Service no 1049
Lance Corporal
16th Battalion
Born 11 October 1890 at Paradise, SA
Son of Howard H IND and Matilda Dawson nee BEAGLEHOLE
BIOGRAPHICAL PARTICULARS
LANCE-CORPORAL IND
Mrs. H.H. Ind, of Beulah road, Norwood, has received a cable message stating that her son, Lance-Corporal , Milton H. Ind was ill and admitted into the 2nd Australian General Hospital, Ghezires, on January 28. His father Sergeant Howard H. Ind, met him on January 1 on the arrival of the troops from Gallipoli, at which time they were both well.
Advertiser Saturday 12 February 1916 page 10
Lance Corporal
16th Battalion
Born 11 October 1890 at Paradise, SA
Son of Howard H IND and Matilda Dawson nee BEAGLEHOLE
BIOGRAPHICAL PARTICULARS
LANCE-CORPORAL IND
Mrs. H.H. Ind, of Beulah road, Norwood, has received a cable message stating that her son, Lance-Corporal , Milton H. Ind was ill and admitted into the 2nd Australian General Hospital, Ghezires, on January 28. His father Sergeant Howard H. Ind, met him on January 1 on the arrival of the troops from Gallipoli, at which time they were both well.
Advertiser Saturday 12 February 1916 page 10











