Alexander Mee

Forenames

Alexander AWMM

Surname

Mee AWMM

Service number

WWI 42532 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

15 Apr 1886 AWMM

Date of birth

15 April, 1886

Public - Bryan - Other relative - 1 January 2018 - http://ourfamilyhistory.co.nz/mulligans/mulg04.html#19

Place of birth

Kuri Bush, East Taeiri, Otago, New Zealand

Public - Bryan - Other relative - 1 January 2018 - http://ourfamilyhistory.co.nz/mulligans/mulg04.html#19

Birth notes

5th of 7 siblings

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Address before enlistment

Erin Hills Farm, Kuri Bush

Public - Bryan - Other relative - 1 January 2018 - Military Personnel File

Next of kin

• WW1 Mrs Margaret Mee (mother), Kuri Bush, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Jessie Mee (nee Coutts), Brighton, Otago
  Public - Bryan - Other relative - 1 January 2018 - Military Personnel File

Relationship status

Married

Public - Bryan - Other relative - 1 January 2018 - http://ourfamilyhistory.co.nz/mulligans/mulg04.html#19

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 42532 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 05 Apr 1917-10 Jun 1917 AWMM to Devonport AWMM
HMNZT 81 AWMM Vessel was Devon AWMM Private AWMM 24th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Otago Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Alexander Mee was the son of the late Samuel and Margaret Mee, of Kuri Bush, Otago, New Zealand; husband of Jessie Mee, of Brighton, Otago.

The original documents of Alexander Mee, including his war diary and letters written to his wife Jessie were on display at the Archives New Zealand Dunedin from September 22 to 24 December 2014. AWMM

Death

12 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  31 AWMM
Ypres AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21374395
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Archives, Discover our Stories, Alexander Mee
  https://archives.govt.nz/discover-our-stories/alexander-mee
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/847932/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/847932
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• http://gallery.archives.govt.nz/v/dunedin/Alexander+Mee/
  Public - Vivienne - Self - 9 February 2015 - Probate and Service file. Alexander Mee's Probate contains his War Diary, Letters to Jessie Mee and his Will [Archives Reference: DAAC/9075/D239/363 - 4956]. It is held in Archives New Zealand Dunedin Regional Office.

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  59: 11
• 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
• Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.
• HMNZT 81 - Bulldogs' bark and Devon lyre : being the unofficial organ of the Right Wing, 24th Reinforcement. N.Z.E.F. Morgan, R.C. (Robert Carhampton), editor. Kiely, R.D. (Robert Dale), editor. -- Capetown : Printed by the Cape Times : 1917