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Alexander RANKIN (1891 - 1918)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Alexander RANKIN (1891 - 1918) Alexander RANKIN (1847 - 1909) Neil RANKIN (1810 - 1880) Donald Angus RANKIN (1783 - 1846)
Ann Elizabeth MCDOUGALD (1790 - 1874)
Mary MCTAGGART (1814 - 1880)



Margaret RANKIN (1846 - 1895) John RANKIN (1813 - 1879) Donald Angus RANKIN (1783 - 1846)
Ann Elizabeth MCDOUGALD (1790 - 1874)
Janet FRAZER (1813 - 1859)



Alexander RANKIN
Alexander RANKIN Alexander RANKIN
Alexander RANKIN Alexander RANKIN Alexander RANKIN
b. 1891 at Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
d. 18 Apr 1918 at France aged 27
Near Relatives of Alexander RANKIN (1891 - 1918)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Neil RANKIN 23 Oct 1810 Glencoe, Scotland 28 Jan 1880 Delegate, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 69
Grandmother Mary MCTAGGART 27 Mar 1814 Ballachulish, Scotland 21 May 1880 Delegate, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 66
Grandfather John RANKIN 31 Oct 1813 Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland 19 Dec 1879 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 66
Grandmother Janet FRAZER Aug 1813 Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland 24 Feb 1859 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 45

Father Alexander RANKIN 10 Jun 1847 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 05 Jun 1909 Brogo near Bega, New South Wales, Australia 61
Mother Margaret RANKIN 24 Dec 1846 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1895 Granville, New South Wales, Australia 49

Self Alexander RANKIN 1891 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 18 Apr 1918 France 27

Brother Allan RANKIN 1870 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1934 64
Sister Mary Jane RANKIN 1872 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Sister Janet Ann RANKIN 1874 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1949 75
Sister Alice RANKIN 1876 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1961 85
Sister Elizabeth Maud RANKIN 1879 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1965 86
Brother John Neil RANKIN 1882 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 17 Oct 1917 Passchendaele, Belgium 35
Sister Ellen Christina RANKIN 1885 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1885 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 0
Brother Henry 'Harry' RANKIN 1887 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 27 Oct 1917 Rouen, France 30

Aunt Rachel RANKIN 01 Jan 1833 Glencoe, Scotland 20 Mar 1912 Yarra, Victoria, Australia 79
Uncle Robert HUTCHINSON 14 Oct 1835 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 03 Sep 1901 Delegate, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 65
Uncle Donald RANKIN 01 Aug 1834 Glencoe, Scotland 20 Oct 1909 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia 75
Aunt Christina HUTCHISON 29 Dec 1841 Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia 11 Oct 1932 Annandale, New South Wales, Australia 90
Aunt Ann RANKIN 11 Dec 1836 Glencoe, Scotland 15 Feb 1903 Berridale, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 66
Uncle William SEEARS Dec 1838 Bedfordshire, England 22 Mar 1913 Berridale, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 74
Aunt Mary RANKIN 25 Dec 1840 Glencoe, Scotland 18 Nov 1919 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 78
Uncle Thomas WELLSMORE 1837 Arable, Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 10 Sep 1908 Dalgety, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 71
Aunt Christina RANKIN 19 Mar 1842 Glencoe, Scotland 17 Feb 1899 Inverell, New South Wales, Australia 56
Uncle Donald RANKIN 1841 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 22 Feb 1929 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 88
Uncle Frederick RANKIN 11 Feb 1844 Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 29 Apr 1925 Delegate, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 81
Aunt Christina CAMPBELL 1838 1904 66
Uncle Coll RANKIN 07 Oct 1845 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1894 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 49
Aunt Catherine RANKIN 08 Dec 1849 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 09 May 1920 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia 70
Uncle Angus Thomas MCDONALD 1839 1926 87
Aunt Margaret RANKIN 1851 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1916 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 65
Uncle James LAWLIS 1850 1923 73
Aunt Ellen RANKIN 10 Jan 1854 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1917 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 63
Uncle George SEEARS 1853 1898 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 45
Uncle Henry Thomas ALLEN 1855 New South Wales, Australia 31 Mar 1922 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 67
Uncle Samuel RANKIN 02 Feb 1856 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 13 May 1927 Granville, New South Wales, Australia 71
Aunt Christina Margaret MCCREA 1861 1934 73
Uncle Angus RANKIN 19 Dec 1839 Duntroon, ACT, Australia 12 May 1906 Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia 66
Aunt Elizabeth Annie BURKE 1845 Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia 30 Oct 1904 Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia 59
Uncle Allan RANKIN 1843 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1909 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 66
Aunt Alice OSLINGTON Aug 1856 Berrima, New South Wales, Australia 24 Jun 1941 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 84
Aunt Ann Eliza RANKIN abt 1845 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 24 May 1872 Kameruka, Bega, New South Wales, Australia 27
Uncle Thomas HIGGS 26 Apr 1849 Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia 27 Mar 1922 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 72
Uncle John RANKIN 15 Aug 1850 07 May 1896 Candelo, Bega, New South Wales, Australia 45
Aunt Elizabeth TOPPING 1851 22 Jan 1943 Marrickville, Sydney, Australia 92
Aunt Mary RANKIN 15 May 1852 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 16 Dec 1928 Eden, New South Wales, Australia 76
Uncle William John OSLINGTON 1841 03 Oct 1925 84
Uncle Alexander RANKIN 1856 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 22 Jan 1907 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 51

Cousin William Hutchison RANKIN 31 Mar 1859 Delegate, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 02 Mar 1914 Randwick, New South Wales, Australia 54
Cousin George SEEARS 1862 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 16 Sep 1932 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 70
Cousin Mary SEEARS 1864 Ironmungy, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 03 Dec 1937 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 73
Cousin Charlotte SEEARS 1867 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1963 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 96
Cousin William SEEARS 1869 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1944 75
Cousin Annie Jane SEEARS 02 Feb 1871 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 06 Oct 1956 Delegate, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 85
Cousin Henry Neil SEEARS 1873 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 06 Jun 1926 Burwood, New South Wales, Australia 53
Cousin Thomas SEEARS 1875 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1875 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 0
Cousin Ellen 'Nellie' SEEARS 1877 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1928 51
Cousin Alexander John SEEARS 1879 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1934 55
Cousin Thomas WELLSMORE 1861 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1939 Granville, New South Wales, Australia 78
Cousin Mary WELLSMORE 1863 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1865 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 2
Cousin Rachael WELLSMORE 1864 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1866 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 2
Cousin Annie WELLSMORE 1866 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 04 Nov 1934 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 68
Cousin James D WELLSMORE 1868 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1868 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 0
Cousin Sarah Jane WELLSMORE 1869 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1929 60
Cousin Joseph WELLSMORE 1870 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 19 Sep 1949 Auburn, New South Wales, Australia 79
Cousin Frederick H WELLSMORE 1873 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1873 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 0
Cousin Christina WELLSMORE 1874 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1948 74
Cousin Richard WELLSMORE 1876 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1965 89
Cousin Harold WELLSMORE 1878 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1953 75
Cousin Donald Alexander WELLSMORE 1882 Dalgety, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 07 Sep 1962 Auburn, New South Wales, Australia 80
Cousin William Henry RANKIN 1859 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1914 55
Cousin John Donald RANKIN 30 Apr 1866 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 07 Mar 1955 Oakey, Queensland, Australia 88
Cousin Janet Christina RANKIN 26 May 1868 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 07 Dec 1940 Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia 72
Cousin William Allan RANKIN 22 Sep 1870 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1939 Orbost, Victoria, Australia 69
Cousin Alexander Neil RANKIN 18 Mar 1873 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia Cann River, Victoria, Australia
Cousin Frederick RANKIN Jan 1876 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 18 Jun 1887 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 11
Cousin Andrew Angus RANKIN 22 Jan 1878 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 04 May 1958 Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia 80
Cousin Henry Nelson RANKIN 1880 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 07 Dec 1894 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 14
Cousin Alexander Lowrie RANKIN 1881 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 14 Jul 1974 Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia 93
Cousin Albert Sylvester RANKIN 1884 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 11 Oct 1961 Bundalong, Victoria, Australia 77
Cousin John RANKIN 1872 Delegate, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 14 Nov 1896 Delegate, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 24
Cousin Robert RANKIN Apr 1874 Delegate, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 15 Apr 1875 1
Cousin Mary Campbell RANKIN 22 Feb 1876 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 21 Apr 1951 Delegate, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 75
Cousin Margaret RANKIN abt 1878 Delegate, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 05 Aug 1930 Newtown, New South Wales, Australia 52
Cousin Ann Catherine RANKIN 1881 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1934 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 53
Cousin Angus Thomas MCDONALD 1868 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1942 74
Cousin Mary Therese MCDONALD 1869 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1922 53
Cousin Martha MCDONALD 1871 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1965 94
Cousin James Roderick MCDONALD 1873 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1936 63
Cousin Neil J MCDONALD 1878 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Alexander Wilford MCDONALD 1880 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin David Bede MCDONALD 1882 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1960 78
Cousin John Frederick MCDONALD 1884 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1969 85
Cousin Flora Florence Gertrude MCDONALD 1886 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 11 Nov 1968 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia 82
Cousin Agnes MCDONALD 1888 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1972 84
Cousin Hannah Rachael MCDONALD 1889 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 07 Mar 1984 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia 95
Cousin Margaret M MCDONALD 1889 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Ellen Catherine MCDONALD 1891 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 21 Aug 1975 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia 84
Cousin Roderick Kenneth Andrew RANKIN 1884 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 16 Dec 1969 Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia 85
Cousin Mary Elizabeth RANKIN 1886 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1974 88
Cousin Ruby Muriel RANKIN 1888 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1971 Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia 83
Cousin Margaret May RANKIN 1891 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 16 Dec 1962 Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia 71
Cousin Boniface Ranald RANKIN 1898 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1899 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1
Cousin Margaret RANKIN 1866 20 Sep 1916 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 50
Cousin Janet (Jenny) RANKIN 19 Dec 1868 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1928 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 60
Cousin John RANKIN 1869 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1950 North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 81
Cousin Ellen Isabel 'Nell' RANKIN 04 Aug 1871 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 27 Apr 1958 Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia 86
Cousin Angus RANKIN 02 Feb 1873 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 20 Aug 1930 Pambula, Bega, New South Wales, Australia 57
Cousin Elizabeth RANKIN 1876 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Mary Ann RANKIN 07 Aug 1878 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 31 Oct 1953 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 75
Cousin Alexander Edward RANKIN 1881 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1902 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 21
Cousin Henry RANKIN 1883 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Annie RANKIN 1886 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Isabella A RANKIN 1888 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Randolph 'Ron' RANKIN 1875 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 08 Jul 1963 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 88
Cousin Arthur James RANKIN 1877 1940 New Zealand 63
Cousin Olive May RANKIN 1878 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 08 Jun 1952 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 74
Cousin Albert Reginald RANKIN 1881 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1950 New Zealand 69
Cousin Ethel Alice RANKIN 1886 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1972 Young, New South Wales, Australia 86
Cousin George William RANKIN 1889 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1965 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 76
Cousin Harold Cleveland RANKIN 02 Jul 1891 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 12 Oct 1916 Belgium 25
Cousin Sylvester Gordon RANKIN 1895 Nimbin, New South Wales, Australia 1929 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 34
Cousin Amos RANKIN 1897 Nimbin, New South Wales, Australia 1975 Canberra, ACT, Australia 78
Cousin Cecil Sylvester RANKIN 1900 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1929 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 29
Cousin Joshua HIGGS 1866 Kameruka, Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1866 Kameruka, Bega, New South Wales, Australia 0
Cousin Ann M HIGGS 1868 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1926 58
Cousin Thomas Randolph HIGGS 1870 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1944 74
Cousin Catherine Janet HIGGS 1872 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1906 34
Cousin John Alexander RANKIN 15 Nov 1871 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 29 Oct 1941 Sussex Inlet, New South Wales, Australia 69
Cousin George Fraser RANKIN 07 Apr 1875 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 11 Mar 1947 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia 71
Cousin Sarah Ann RANKIN 30 Oct 1877 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 18 May 1968 Ramsgate, New South Wales, Australia 90
Cousin Elizabeth Maude RANKIN 1879 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 28 Jul 1939 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 60
Cousin Esther 'Hester' Janet RANKIN 1883 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1958 75
Cousin Mary Alice RANKIN abt Aug 1885 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 08 Sep 1885 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 0
Cousin James Ernest RANKIN 1886 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1964 78
Cousin Athur Albert Simpson RANKIN 1889 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1964 75

Events in Alexander RANKIN (1891 - 1918)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1891 Alexander RANKIN was born Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 76
1895 4 Death of mother Margaret RANKIN (aged 49) Granville, New South Wales, Australia 18
05 Jun 1909 18 Death of father Alexander RANKIN (aged 61) Brogo near Bega, New South Wales, Australia 18
18 Apr 1918 27 Alexander RANKIN died France 76
Burial Villers-Bretonneux, France Body not found
Personal Notes:
Service No: 7290
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 4th Bn.
Enlistment 7 Feb 1917 as a Private, number 7290, 4th Battalion, 1st AIF
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 24 April 1917
Predeceased by their parents three (3) Rankin brothers enlisted and died in WW 1
John Neil 19 Oct 1917 Killed in action in Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Henry 27 Oct 1917 Died of wounds (gassed) Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
and Alexander 18 Apr 1918 Killed in Action France

Service Number: 7290
Enlisted: 7 February 1917
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
Born: Nimmitabel, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Merimbula, Bega Valley, New South Wales
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 18 April 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Merimbula War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
Source References:
76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/
- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16187594/alexander-rankin (Name, Notes)
- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16187594/alexander-rankin (Death)
- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16187594/alexander-rankin (Birth)
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