Alexander MACLACHLAN

Regimental number23/233
AddressManeatawhiri Valley near Pokeno
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Emily Keighley, Preston Wines Farm, Dilworth near Preston, England
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on 10 October 1915
Final rankCorporal
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 4 November 1918
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialRomeries Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IX, Row A, Grave No 18), Romeries, Nord, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Emily Keighley (formerly MacLachlan), Alston Hall Villa, Grimsargh, Preston, England, and the late John MacLachlan
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: A Company/1st NZRB