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Alexander McDowell King

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Tarras District Roll of Honour for the South African War, World War I, and World War II. Image kindly provided by the Tarras RSA CC BY 2024.

Tarras District Roll of Honour for the South African War, World War I, and World War II. Image kindl …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander McDowell AWMM
  • Surname
    King AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 42581 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 January 1920 Public source
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 1940-1941 AWMM Care of W.Young, Private Bag, Cromwell AWMM
    • WW2 1942 AWMM Care of W.Young, P.B., Cromwell AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mr. A.King(father), Lowburn AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. E.King (mother), Cromwell AWMM
  • Relationship status
    1940 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown 2NZEF Nom Roll 3 Rabbiter/Civilian 2NZEF Nom Roll 3
    Cromwell, Otago 2NZEF Nom Roll 3
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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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Death

About death

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  • Death
    29 November 1991 Public source
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Tarras War Memorial Community Centre, State Highway 8, Tarras, Otago AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.256 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.219 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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