Alexander Muir
I whānau mai i te 4 Jun 1885 - I mate atu i te 26 Sept 1918
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 2/1894 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Sergeant AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 4 Jun 1885 Public Source
- Rā i whānau mai ai
- 4 June 1885Public - Murray - Other relative - 7 January 2016 - 1885/5595 https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
- Wāhi Whānau
- Papakura, Auckland, New ZealandPublic - Murray - Other relative - 7 January 2016 - Family papers
- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- Pre 17 Apr 1915 AWMM Brookby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- James Muir (father), Brookby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 2/1894 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW1 17 Apr 1915 AWMM
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW1 13 Jun 1915-06 Aug 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 26 AWMM Vessel was Aparima AWMM Gunner/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Alexander Muir was the son of James and Margaret Muir of Brookby, Auckland
Apt. Acting Bombardier -25.2.1916
Apt. Bombardier - Bombardier -25.8.1916
Apt. 2nd Corporal - 23. 9.1916
Promoted. Corporal - 1. 11.1917
Promoted Sergeant - 14.12.1917
France. Feb 4th 17, Dear Bertie :
Just a note in case this reaches you which I hope it will. I am sending it with one of the boys to England. I have carried it waiting for a chance to post it ever since we left Armentiers. It went right through the Somme with me & I still hung on to it so I hope you will think it is worth it. I made it mostly myself & when I went on leave it was at the horse lines & I was on the guns. It will want polishing with brasso before showing it to anyone. It is made out of one of our 18 pounder shell cases. The contents I sent to Fritz. Inside it you will find two pieces of German driving band which I got mounted when I was on leave, fired at us while on the Somme & still have some Somme mud on them. The big piece is from an eight inch shell & the small piece from a seventy seven or whiz bang. Also inside is a shrapnel bullet wrapped in paper & also wrapped up in a piece of paper is two berries which I picked up from under a tree at Colombo & put in my pocket on the way to Egypt over eighteen months ago. That finishes the mixture hoping it arrives safely & in good order. Lots of love from your loving brother Alex xx in a terrible hurry. (Transcript of letter written by Alexander Muir from France, 4 February 1917, to his twin brother Robert Muir, also on active service.)
Next of Kin: Mr J. Muir, Brookby, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 26 Sept 1918 AWMM
Age 33 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM IV. B. 33. AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Memorial, Selwyn Chapel at Christ Church (Anglican), 40 Coles Crescent, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Memorial Stone, Selwyn Chapel at Christ Church (Anglican), 40 Coles Crescent, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Alfriston Brookby War Memorial, Alfriston, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Mea e whai hononga ai
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21378257
Further Reference - Ministry of Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Alfriston Brookby War Memorial.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/alfriston-first-world-war-memorial
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/184619/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/184619
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/184619/MUIR,%20ALEXANDERPublic - Murray - Other relative - 7 January 2016 - http://www.cwgc.org
- Military personnel file
- Ngā tuhinga
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Page No: 524 - Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 3: Includes portrait - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
- HMNZT 26 - Oily rag : just another transport production. At sea : H.M.N.Z.T. No. 26, [1915]. No Known Copyright Restrictions.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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