f a m i l y Siblings: Herbet Charles Mudie Jane Thomson Mudie Alexander Gray Mudie Born: 3 Aug 1891, Edwardstown, South Australia Died: 4 Aug 1918, Killed in action, Pozieres, France Occupation: Cabinetmaker Enlisted on 25th November 1914, Service No. 246, 27th Batallion, Australian Infantry. Because of the large numbers of scots in the regiment, their regimental march was Scotland the Brave. The 27th Battalion was raised in South Australia in March 1915, from recruits previously earmarked for the 24th Battalion, a large number of whom hailed from the suburbs of Adelaide. The battalion left Australia in June, and, after two months spent training in Egypt, landed at Gallipoli on 12 September. At Gallipoli, the 7th Brigade, which included the 27th Battalion, reinforced the weary New Zealand and Australian Division. The 27th had a relatively quiet time at Gallipoli and the battalion departed the peninsula in December, having suffered only light casualties. After another stint in Egypt, the 7th Brigade proceeded to France as part of the 2nd Australian Division. The 27th Battalion entered the front-line trenches for the first time on 7 April 1916 and took part in its first major battle at Pozières between 28 July and 5 August. After a spell in a quieter sector of the front in Belgium, the 2nd Division returned to the south in October. The 27th Battalion took part in two attacks to the east of Flers in the Somme Valley, both of which floundered in the mud. Alexander served at Gallipolli and then transferred to France. He was initally thought to have been wounded and transferred to a hospital in the UK. He was actually posted as 'Missing in Action' on August 4th 1918. Remembered on the Poziers War Memorial, Ovillers-La Boisselle