Allan CAMERON

Regimental number4/662
Date of birth10 July 1889
Place of birthScotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationJoiner
Addressc/o Mrs Kirkpatrick, New Lynn, Auckland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 7"
Weight159 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs A H Cameron, 42 Alexander Street, Alexandria, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
Previous military serviceServed for 4 years in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (Volunteers); time expired.
Enlistment date18 December 1914
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Engineers
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 17 April 1915
The 4th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Engineers, left New Zealand on board three ships, HMNZT 21 'Willochra', HMNZT 22 'Knight Templar', and HMNZT 23 'Waitomo'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitNew Zealand Engineers
FateDied of disease 9 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialChatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery (Row K, Grave No 49), Alexandria, Egypt
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs A. H. Cameron, 42 Alexander Street, Alexandria, Dumbartonshire
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Admitted to HS 'Galeka', Anzac Cove, Gallipoli,2 August 1915; transferred to Alexandria, 7 August 1915 (influenza).

Died of enteric fever, 21st General Hospital, Ras el Tin, 9 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Engineers/Fourth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805