Alexander CUNNINGHAM

Regimental number9/265
AddressMabel Bush
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Hannah Cunningham, 13 Queens Square, Bath, Somerset, England
Rank on embarkationSergeant
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 rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unitOtago Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateDied of wounds 7 June 1918
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialLiverpool (Kirkdale) Cemetery (V. C.E, Grave No 1180), Lancashire, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert Alex and Jean Anderson Cunningham, of 35 Priory Road, Anfield, Liverpool, England. Born at Glasgow, Scotland
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Main Body