Alexander Henry Buckley
Corporal, 54th Battalion, (N S W) Australian Imperial Force
- Register No.
- 144 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Corporal (register: Temp. Corporal) all Corporals →
- Unit
- 54th Battalion, (N S W) Australian Imperial Force (register: 54th Battalion, AIF) all AIF VCs →
- Date of action
- 1–2 September 1918 on this day → all of 1918 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 14th December 1918 on this day → all of 1918 →
- Born
- 22nd July 1891 at Warren, New South Wales, Australia
- Died
- on 2nd September 1918 at Peronne, France. (killed in action)
- Award
- Posthumous all posthumous VCs →
- Memorial / grave
- Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension , France and on the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia
- Medal held by
- the Australian War Memorial, Canberra,
Digest of citation
On 1st and 2nd September 1918 at Peronne, France, Corporal Buckley, with one other man, rushed an enemy machine-gun nest, shooting four of the enemy and capturing 22. Later, on reaching a moat, it was found that another machine-gun nest commanded and the only available foot-bridge. Corporal Buckley tried to cross the bridge and rush the position, but was killed in the attempt
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
BUCKLEY, Alexander Henry. (reg No. 144)
Corporal 54th Battalion, (N S W) Australian Imperial Force.
London Gazetted on 14th December 1918.
VC Medal's Custodian is the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia.
Born on 22nd July 1891 at Warren, New South Wales, Australia.
Died on on 2nd September 1918 at Peronne, France. (killed in action)
Memorial at Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension , France and on the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia.
Digest of Citation reads: On 1st and 2nd September 1918 at Peronne, France, Corporal Buckley, with one other man, rushed an enemy machine-gun nest, shooting four of the enemy and capturing 22. Later, on reaching a moat, it was found that another machine-gun nest commanded and the only available foot-bridge. Corporal Buckley tried to cross the bridge and rush the position, but was killed in the attempt.
Australia.
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