Gilbert Stirling ALEXANDER

Regimental number16257
OccupationPlumber
Next of kinMother, Mrs H E Alexander, 446 St Asaph Street, Linwood, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 16th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Moeraki on 10 August 1916
Final rankTrooper
Final unitImperial Camel Corps
FateKilled in Action 30 March 1918
Place of death or woundingPalestine
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsJerusalem Memorial (Panel 1), Palestine
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Harriet Elizabeth Alexander, 446, St Asaph Street, Christchurch, and the late Gilbert Alexander. Native of Timaru
Other details

War service: Egypt, Palestine

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 1

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