Identity
Title
Forenames
Alexander John AWMM
Surname
McPherson AWMM
Ingoa
Also known as
Service number
- WWI 10507 AWMM
- WWII 807130 AWMM
Gender
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Next of kin on embarkation
WW1 John McPherson (father), 30 North Street, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
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Capture details
- WW2
15 July 1942 AWMM - WW2
15 July 1942 AWMM
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Biographical information
Alexander McPherson was the son of John and Emma Julia McPherson, of Studholme Junction, Canterbury, New Zealand; husband of Jean M. McPherson, of Timaru, Canterbury. AWMM
Death
Death
28 March 1943 AWMM
Age 50 AWMM
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Cemetery
Timaru Cemetery, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM 313M AWMM
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Sources
External links
Documents
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
30: 16 AWMM - List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
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