Alexander REID

Regimental number42397
OccupationBootmaker
Next of kinBrother, Leslie Reid, Leicester Road, Anstis, Leicester, England
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 24th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 81 Devon on 5 April 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unitA Company, 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 1), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: the late Sergeant L. Reid (Royal Marine Light Infantry, Woolwich).
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 59, p. 6