Alexander HAMILTON

Regimental number6/3336
AddressSumner Road, Lyttelton
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinSister, Mrs T Lawson, Kaikoura
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 13 November 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 14 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No 20), Armentieres, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs Catherine Sharp Hamilton, Hill Street, Falkland, Fife, Scotland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Eighth