Alec Leslie THOMSON

Regimental number9/103
AddressSt Clair, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ann Thomson, St Clair, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Three squadrons of the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment left New Zealand on board 'Hawke's Bay', and one squadron on board 'Verdala'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankTrooper
Final unitOtago Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateDied of disease 8 September 1915
Place of burialPieta Military Cemetery (Plot B, Row VIII, Grave No 6), nr Valetta, Malta
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs A. Thomson, Ing's Avenue, St Clair, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Main Body

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