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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
William Andrew Alexander |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
William Andrew |
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| Surname: |
Alexander |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
10/205 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| Place of Birth: |
Green Island, Otago, New Zealand |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Next of Kin: |
D. Alexander (father), Gore, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
C/o Mrs Diamond, Albert Street, Dannevirke, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Wellington |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
Main Body |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Wellington Infantry Battalion |
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| Embarkation Date: |
16 October 1914 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Limerick or Arawa |
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| Destination: |
Suez,Egypt (3 December 1914) |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
Vol1 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
9 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Wellington Infantry Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
Malta ex Gallipoli |
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| Date of Death: |
23 August 1915 |
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| Age at Death: |
24 |
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| Year of Death: |
1915 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Died of wounds |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta |
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| Grave Reference: |
A. X. 4 |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Private Alexander was the son of David and Martha Alexander, of West Gore, New Zealand.
- He attended Gore School, Southland High School and Otago University where he graduated with a MSc with honours in geology and physics.
- Private Alexander was wounded in action during the August Offensive. He was evacuated off Gallipoli to Malta where he died of his wounds.
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| Description of Image: |
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 |
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Further References: |
Stowers, R. (2005). Bloody Gallipoli: the New Zealanders' story. Auckland, N.Z., David Bateman. |
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
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