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Alexander Grant Murdoch

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1916 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1916 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander Grant AWMM
  • Surname
    Murdoch AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Alexander Grant Murdock AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 24/850 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
    Unknown AWMM Omaka, Blenheim, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    A.G. Murdoch (father), Omaka, Blenheim, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 18 September 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 24/850 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Canterbury, New Zealand 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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Alexander Grant Murdoch and Helen Murdoch, of Omaka, Blenheim. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    10 July 1916 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-d'Armentieres, Nord, France AWMM II.E.5 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Marlborough War Memorial, 20 Seymour Street, Blenheim, 7201 AWMM
    • Renick War Memorial, 55 High Street, Renwick AWMM
    • Marlborough Great War Memorial, WW1 AWMM

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