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James Keith Alexander

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Burial plaque Gunner James Keith ALEXANDER 81619 Bromley Cemetery, Keighleys Road, Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND Photographed 1 January 2013

Burial plaque Gunner James Keith ALEXANDER 81619

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Keith AWMM
  • Surname
    Alexander AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 81619 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 1942 AWMM c/o N.Z.R., Springfield, Christchurch AWMM
    • WW2 1942 AWMM c/o N.Z.R., Springfield, Christchurch AWMM
    • WW2 1944 AWMM N.Z.R. Springfield AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mr R.W. Alexander, 63 Graham Street, Woolston, Christchurch AWMM
    • WW2 Mr R.W. Alexander, 63 Graham Street, Woolston, Christchurch AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs K, Alexander, 63 Graham Street, Woolston AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Cemetery records show his data of death as 10/08/1967, but his headstone has 8/08/1967 recorded as his date of death AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    8 August 1967 Headstone
    Age 50 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Bromley Cemetery, corner of Keighleys and Linwood Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM Block no 16, Plot number 417 AWMM
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  • Obituary
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Sources

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  • External links
    Christchurch City Council Cemetery Database
    http://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.6 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.6 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    • Nominal Rolls - Embarkation N-Force [Norfolk Force Embarkation Rolls], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1428 (R22440218) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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