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Alexander Murrison Martin

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander Murrison AWMM
  • Surname
    Martin AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Alexander Murrison AWMM
    • Alex AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 13/404 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    28 February 1887 AWMM Whakatane, Eastern Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 15 August 1914 AWMM Whakatane, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    David Crighton Martin (father), Whakatane, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1914-1918 WW1 AWMM
    • Bir el Abd AWMM
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 13/404 AWMM
  • Military service
    4th Waikato Mounted Rifles Reserve AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 15 August 1914 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Farmer/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • 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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Head wound "just above left ear", emergency operation fairly successful; 10 days later further operation for removal of abscess, never fully recovered. AWMM
    • Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of David Crighton Martin and Christina Martin

    Whilst in Nasrick Military Hospital, Cairo, Egypt he was nursed by Nurse Nancy Cheetham.

    Died aged 29 years, 7 months.

    Middle name incorrectly spelled in Roll of Honour; Murrison was his grandmother's maiden name. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    10 September 1916 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Cairo, Lower Egypt AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM F 147 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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