Alexander Herbert Wilkie

Forenames

Alexander Herbert AWMM

Surname

Wilkie AWMM

Service number

• South African 186 AWMM
• WWI 11/677 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

• Defence Office, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
• Ohakune, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Mrs Isobella Wilkie (mother), Great South Road, Ashburton, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Isobella Wilkie (mother), Great South Road, Ashburton, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 1899 AWMM Single AWMM
• Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• South African 186 AWMM
• WWI 11/677 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
  London Gazette 6 July 1917, p6774 For gallant and distinguished conduct in the field or for other valuable services. AWMM

Enlistment

• South Africa Clerk AWMM
• WW1

Embarkation details

• South Africa 21 Oct 1899 AWMM
  Waiwera AWMM Vessel was Waiwera AWMM Private AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1st Contingent AWMM 1st Contingent AWMM
• WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
  HMNZT 6 or HMNZT 10 AWMM Vessel was Orari or Arawa AWMM Captain/Military AWMM Wellington Mounted Rifles AWMM 2nd Reinforcements AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Wounded Gallipoli AWMM
• Died from Natural Causes, Cause of Death AWMM

Died in Suva Fiji AWMM

Death

2 Apr 1941 AWMM

Cause of death

Died from Natural Causes AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20524217
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference

References

• 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.
• Stowers, R. (2002). Rough Riders at War: history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer war 1899-1902 and information on all members of the ten New Zealand contingents. Author: Hamilton, N.Z.
• St Clair Inglis, A. (c1902). Souvenir Album of the first New Zealand Contingent South African War. Auckland, N.Z.: Arthur Cleave & Co.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 778
• The Evening Post
  Volume LIX, Issue 1, 2 January 1900, Page 5. Digital copy available on Papers Past
• Williams, E. G. (1914-1918). [Williams Album 2]. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira. PH-ALB-211.
• Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.