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Charles Alexander

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Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, France. New Zealand War Graves Trust (FRDP4887). CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, France. New Zealand War Graves Trust (FRDP4887). CC BY-NC …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Alexander AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Charles Samuel Alexander AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/2834 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 13 Hiropi Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M. Alexander (mother), care of Post-office, Wellington South, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 27 March 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/2834 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 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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of William and Mary Alexander, of 199, Onepu Rd., Lyall Bay, Wellington. Native of Pahiatua. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    16 September 1916 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM

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12 April 2023Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
29 December 2019AllanRotoruaResearcher

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