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Alexander Candlish

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 21), Page: 11 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 21), Page: 11 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander AWMM
  • Surname
    Candlish AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • South African 2447 AWMM
    • WWI 9/1799 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    28 December 1882 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Reed Street, Oamaru AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs M. Candlish (wife), Reed Street, Oamaru, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Married/WWI AWMM
    Maud Annie nee Taylor AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    • South Africa 16 May 1902 AWMM Trooper AWMM
    • WW1 6 June 1919 AWMM Private AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    10 April 1929 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      21: 11 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. 4: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Sloane, K. (2014) Living With High Explosives, The 1st NZ Light Trench Mortar Battery, 1916-1918. Public - Keith - Researcher - 9 April 2015 - Military History

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12 January 2019AllanRotoruaResearcher
09 April 2015KeithNew ZealandResearcher

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