Joseph Herbert ALEXANDER

Regimental number3/383
Date of birth25 April 1886
Place of birthLondon, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer, Tokonui Mental Hospital, Hamilton
AddressPorirua Hotel
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28.6
Height5' 6"
Weight144 lbs
Next of kinMrs W H Miles, Lincoln Road, Inglewood
Previous military serviceServed in the East London Volunteers; left the country; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date21 October 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 14 December 1914
No 1 Field Artillery Brigade left New Zealand on board 'Willochra'; No 4 Howitzer Battery on board 'Knight of the Garter'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankGunner
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 8 November 1918
Discharge date19 January 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Attached to Divisional Ammunition Column, Zeitoun, for water duties, 5 April 1915.

Transferred to New Zealand Field Artillery, Zeitoun, 27 December 1915.

Admitted to New Zealand General Hospital, 27 December 1915 (injury, knee).

Embarked for England, 23 March 1916.

Admitted to New Zealand Depot Hospital, Hornchurch, 31 May 1916 (venereal disease); discharged to duty, 29 June 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 29 days.

Attached on strength, Sling Camp, 9 August 1916.

Awarded forfeiture of 1 day's pay gross under Royal Warrant, 30 December 1916 (offence not specified).

Posted to 16th Battery, France, 23 January 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 28 August 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 11 September 1917.

Detached to United Kingdom for return to New Zealand on duty, 29 August 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board SS 'Tofua', 8 November 1918; discharged (termination of period of engagement), 19 January 1919.

War service: 4 years 91 days (of which 4 years 8 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Artillery/Second
Date of death22 March 1963 Raumati Beach, Kapiti Coast
Age at death76
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22268777

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