Alexander Smith Falconer
I whānau mai i te 4 Nov 1892 - I mate atu i te 27 Oct 1966
- Nama Hōia
- WWII 8/39 AWMM
- WWII 10491 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Inter War Captain/Military AWMM Regular Military Service AWMM
- WW2 Brigadier/Military AWMM 5 New Zealand Division AWMM
- Pakanga
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Alexander Smith AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Falconer AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- WWII 8/39 AWMM
- WWII 10491 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 4 Nov 1892 AWMM
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- WW1 Pre Aug 1914 AWMM Mosgiel, New Zealand AWMM
- WW1 Unknown AWMM 293 Malvern Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- WW1 Mrs A.R. Falconer (mother), Gordon Road, Mosgiel, New Zealand AWMM
- WW2 Mrs J.W. Falconer (wife), 293 Malvern Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
- Pre 1941 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- Kauhanga riri
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Europe (Air Force) AWMM
- Greece AWMM
- 1941 AWMM Crete AWMM
- North Africa AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWII 8/39 AWMM
- WWII 10491 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- Otago Regiment AWMM
- 23 Infantry Battalion AWMM
- 7 Infantry Brigade AWMM
- Maadi Camp AWMM
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) AWMM
- Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
DSO: London Gazette, 1 January 1919. Citation: "For distinguished service in connection with military operations in France and Flanders." AWMM - Military Cross (MC) AWMM
London Gazette 01/01/1917 AWMM - 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
- 1939-1945 Star AWMM
- Africa Star AWMM
- Italy Star AWMM
- Defence Medal AWMM
- War Medal 1939-1945 with oak leaf AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
- Efficiency Decoration (ED) AWMM
- New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal AWMM
- New Zealand Territorial Service Medal AWMM
- Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Twice AWMM
London Gazette 28 December 1917, p13574, Rec No 1207 | London Gazette 31 December 1918, p15230 AWMM
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW1 Aug 1914 AWMM
Age 21 AWMM
Unknown/Civilian AWMM - WW2 Tobacconist and secretary AWMM
- WW1 Aug 1914 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 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 5 or HMNZT 9 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay AWMM Sergeant AWMM Otago Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM - WW2 Vessel was Unknown Ship AWMM Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM 23 Infantry Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM - WW2 Unknown Transport AWMM Vessel was Unknown Ship AWMM Brigadier/Military AWMM New Zealand Infantry Brigade AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
3rd Embarkation AWMM
- WW1 16 Oct 1914 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
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Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Inter War 8 Jun 1919 AWMM Captain/Military AWMM
Regular Military Service AWMM - WW2 Brigadier/Military AWMM
5 New Zealand Division AWMM
- Inter War 8 Jun 1919 AWMM Captain/Military AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Served with the Otago Infantry Battalion during World War 1.
Served as a Major with the Otago Regiment, 1926-36.
Joined 2 NZ Expeditionary Force (2 NZEF) as Lieutenant Colonel, 1939 and embarked with the 23 Battalion.
Commanding Officer (CO) of 23 Battalion, Greece & Crete, 1940-41.
Brigadier and Commander of 7 NZ Infantry Brigade, UK, 1941.
Commandant of Maadi Camp, Egypt, 1941-42.
Commander of 5 New Zealand Division, NZ, 1943.
Overseas Commissioner of NZ Patriotic Fund Board, 1944-45. AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 27 Oct 1966 AWMM
Age 73 AWMM - 27 Oct 1966 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
Age 73 AWMM
- 27 Oct 1966 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
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- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Andersons Bay Cemetery, Tomahawk Road, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM Block 45S. Plot 281 AWMM
- Andersons Bay RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 45S, Plot 281 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
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Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24056149
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24097681
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24056149
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24097681
Further Reference - National Archives of New Zealand, National Collection of War Art. Portrait.
http://warart.archives.govt.nz/node/70
Further Reference - Cemetery Records. Dunedin City Council.
http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries_search
Sources Used - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-009334.html
Further Reference
- 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.
Vol1: 221 - Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 2: WW2 60 - Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 12: WW2 59 - 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. 2: Includes portrait - Ross, A. (1959). 23 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020)
- McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
- McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.
- 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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