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Alexander Gordon Dalzell

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander Gordon AWMM
  • Surname
    Dalzell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 64031 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 August 1898 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra North Canterbury, Canterbury Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Jessie Dalzell (mother), Tokomaru, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

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 64031 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 Flaxmiller/Civilian 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
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Cerebro spinal meningitis AWMM
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 8.5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      160 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Alexander Dalzell was the son of Mrs. Jessie Dalzell, of Tokomaru, Wellington, New Zealand.

    Embarked Wellington, 22 November 1917; disembarked Liverpool, England, 7 January 1918; marched in to Sling Camp, 9 January 1918.
    Proceeded overseas to France, 15 April 1918; taken on strength, No 1 Wellington Bn, in the field, 19 April 1918, and posted to 7th Company.
    Detached to Divisional Lewis Gun School, 14 July 1918; rejoined unit from detachment, 27 July 1918.
    Marched out to United Kingdom, 4 March 1919.
    Admitted to Military Hospital, Tidworth, 3 May 1919; died of cerebro spinal meningitis, Isolation Hospital, Salisbury, 27 May 1919.

    John (b. Ireland) and Jesse (b. Scotland) Dalzell; been in New Zealand 45 years. AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 May 1919 AWMM
    Age 30 AWMM
    United Kingdom, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Stratford-sub-Castle (St Lawrence) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England AWMM 145 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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25 December 2016VictoriaWellington, New ZealandResearcher

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