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Alexander Burnett Charters

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Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Burnett Charters. Image sourced from Imperial War Museums' 'Bond of Sacrifice' collection. ©IWM HU 119826

Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Burnett Charters. Image sourced from Imperial War Museums' …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander Burnett AWMM
  • Surname
    Charters AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 5015 AWMM
    • 10/1168 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 1876 AWMM Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
    • 30 June 1876 Military personnel file
    • 30 June 1876 Noel Smith Research Project
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 21 November 1914 AWMM 69 Tainui Terrace, Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Regular soldier/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E.C. Charters (wife), Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 December 1914 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • 5015 AWMM
    • 10/1168 AWMM
  • Military service
    • Served with NZ Volunteers prior to Anglo-Boer War. AWMM
    • Served as Sergeant Major with the NZ 8th Contingent in South Africa during the Anglo-Boer War. AWMM
    • Northland Regiment AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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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 by gas February 1918. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Commanding Officer (CO) of Northland Regiment (1926-28)

    Commander of 1 NZ Infantry Brigade, 1925.

    Aide-de-camp (ADC) to NZ Governor-General, 1928-30.

    Registered Justice of the Peace (JP).

    Charters' middle name is spelled "Burnet" in the NZ DSO book (p. 61).

    Father was named William Womburle Charters. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    • 10 May 1948 AWMM
      Age 72 AWMM
      Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • 10 May 1948 Noel Smith Research Project
      Age 72 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hastings Cemetery AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • I feel very humbled to know my great grandfather served to such a magnitude in the First World War. He obviously was suited to a life in the military and took great joy from being the best that he could be, to safe guard us all, so that we might have the life we now have in NZ. Thank you Grandpop for contributing to NZ being the great country it is, especially the freedom I have every day to be the best woman I can be. May I continue to honor the NZ spirit and fight every day to ensure NZ stays free for the common man.
    Public - Rachel - Other Relative - 23 April 2015
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Sources

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
      Page No: 122 AWMM
    • Haigh, J., Polaschek, A. (Eds.). (1993). New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order. Christchurch, N.Z.: Authors. 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. 1: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers. 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. 5: Includes portrait AWMM
    • This record was partially completed by information provided by Noel George Smith (2020-2021). AWMM

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