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Alexander Carter Graham

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander Carter AWMM
  • Surname
    Graham AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 3/2752 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 September 1881 AWMM Okarito, West Coast AWMM
    Okarito, West Coast, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    James Graham (brother), Waiho Gorge, South Westland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 3/2752 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 Alpine guide/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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Member of the New Zealand Alpine Club:

    "Alex was a man who remembered every kindness shown to him, and in turn he tried to show the same attitude to others who needed a helping hand. Graham hospitality became a by-word. That he was let down on occassion made no difference in his attitude to the next person. Alex preferred to see only the best in people.

    At the outbreak of World War I, Alex enlisted for service overseas. He was twice wounded, and was also awarded the Military Medal. It was whilte he was on active service that an interesting and happy coincidence befall him. While on leave in London, he looked up the brother of his old friend, Arthur Woodham, who had supplied him with the address. There Alex met the brother's daughter, Louise Woodham, and in due course, married her."

    (from the New Zealand Alpine Journal, Vol.XVII, No.44, 1957)

    First rank was listed as Temporary Lance Corporal AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    12 July 1957 AWMM
    Greymouth, Grey District AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Karoro Cemetery, Greymouth, New Zealand AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • 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. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      55: 26 AWMM
    • New Zealand Alpine journal AWMM
      New Zealand Alpine Journal, Vol.XVII, No.44, 1957 (includes photograph) 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

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