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Rizk Alexander

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  • Service number
    WWI 10205 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Risk AWMM
    • Riske AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Rizk AWMM
  • Surname
    Alexander AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Risk AWMM
    • Riske AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10205 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    25 February 1895 AWMM Syria, Middle East AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 13 December 1915 AWMM Queen Street, Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Traveller/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr M. Alexander (father), Bratmary, Syria AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1 April 1916 AWMM Single/WWI 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 10205 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • Military Medal (MM) AWMM
      Military Medal (MM). London Gazette, 16 August 1917, p 8429, Record Number 956. Citation: At Blauwen Molen near Messines on 7th June 1917, this man captured a German machine gun and its entire crew single handed. Throughout the fighting he showed coolness and courage of a high order. AWMM
    • British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
    • Victory Medal AWMM

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 13 December 1915 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Farmer/Civilian AWMM
    Trentham, Upper Hutt 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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 7.5 inches AWMM
    • Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
      Death due to war service, Endotheliomia, malignant tumour AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Forename miseplt on the Nominal Roll as Risk. Forename spelled as Riske on the Karori cemetery record. DOD recorded on the service record as 11 August 1925 and on the cemetery Record as 1924 AWMM

Death

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Memorials

Memorial

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