Alexander George Melles
- Service number
- WWI 16/1303 AWMM
- WWII 71892 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
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- War
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
- Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- W. Melles (father), Willis Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
- W. Melles (father), Willis Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 05 Feb 1916 AWMM Unknown Marital Status AWMM
- Pre 29 Jul 1916 AWMM Unknown Marital Status AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/1303 AWMM
- WWII 71892 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Military Cross and bar (MC*) AWMM
M.C.: London Gazette 16 August 1917, p8397 | MC*: London Gazette 17 September 1917, p9561, Rec No 1020 AWMM - Victory Medal AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Military Cross and bar (MC*) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Dentist/Civilian AWMM
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Dentist/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 05 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 42 or HMNZT 43 or HMNZT 44 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM Rarotongans, Attached B Company AWMM 3rd Maori Contingent AWMM - WW1 29 Jul 1916-28 Sep 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 60 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 6th Reinforcements 4th Battalion, H Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
- WW1 05 Feb 1916 AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
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Last known rank
- Last rank
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Biographical information
- SuppNom: Ex 3rd Maori Contingent. AWMM
- About a fortnight ago word was received that Lieut. A. G. Melles, of Palmerston, had been awarded the Military Cross. He has since been awarded a Bar to the Cross. A second recognition following so quickly on the heels of the first is not common.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 June 2025 - Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 3304, 28 July 1917, Page 2
About death
- Death
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- Cause of death
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- Death notes
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- Casualty Department Nominal Rolls of Service Personnel Returning to New Zealand Index, Auckland Council Archives
http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/ACC080/searchnominal.htm
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24061644
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24265175
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24265176
Further Reference - Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
Further Reference
- Casualty Department Nominal Rolls of Service Personnel Returning to New Zealand Index, Auckland Council Archives
- References
- The ulima-roarer : a collection of wails & fishy stories, etc., from the Indian Ocean. (1916). [Indian Ocean]: [15th Reinforcements].
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
25: 3 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
37: 34 - 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. 2: Includes portrait - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
- Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
- Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
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