Alexander Stirling CROSS

Regimental number25819
OccupationSeaman
Next of kinFriend, Miss Elwin Green, 120 Bell Street, Wanganui
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 11th Reinforcements to 1st and 2nd Battalions, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 64 Devon on 25 September 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Place of burialMessines Ridge British Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No 32), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: the late Mrs E Cross, St Albans, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 28

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