Alexander Watt McMILLAN

Regimental number24/2541
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs C O McMillan, Saltwater Creek, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 5th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
Final rankCorporal
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialPasschendaele New British Cemetery (Plot VII, Row B, Grave No 1), near Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Catherine McMillan, Saltwater Creek, North Canterbury
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 27, p. 5