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Alexander Innes

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander AWMM
  • Surname
    Innes AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Alex Innes AWMM
    • Sandy Innes AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 8/997 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Congregational, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 September 1886 AWMM Port Chalmers, Dunedin AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 23 September 1914 AWMM Port Chalmers, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    William Innes (father), Port Chalmers, Otago, 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
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 8/997 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    • Tahuna AWMM
    • Dunedin AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 23 September 1914 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    Fish Hand/Civilian AWMM
    Otago, 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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Wounded on landing at Gallipoli 25.4.15 - admitted 15 GH, Alexandra. AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Prostate Cancer and broncheo-pneumonia AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Born at "Innesville" Queens Drive, Port Chalmers

    According to family, he worked his way to England as a carpenter onboard the Westmoreland (ship). On 7 August 1917, the bullet was removed from the spine at Brockenhurst Hospital.

    Cremated -ashes scattered in Otago Harbour, opposite his birth place. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    26 July 1964 AWMM
    Age 78 AWMM
    Dunedin, Otago AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Otago Daily Times AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 357 AWMM
    • Otago Daily Times AWMM
      Otago Daily Times AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 4: Includes portrait AWMM

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