We remember Cecil Walter Alexander

We remember Cecil Walter Alexander

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Timeline

Timeline

 
1883
sibling Annie Alexander Source:8762753 1883
1886
birth Ophir, Central Otago New Zealand Source:7968934 Source:8762753 7th September 1886
1914
employment Commercial Traveller Nimmo and Blair Source:7968934 25th August 1914
1914
enlistment Otago New Zealand Source:7968934 25th August 1914
1914
service New Zealand Expeditionary Force Trooper 9/473 Main Body Source:7968934 25th August 1914
1914
location Lauder, Central Otago New Zealand parents address Source:7968934 25th August 1914
1914
dates Age 28 Source:8762753 17th October 1914
hospitalisation Died from Pnuemonia contacted while training in Trentham Military Camp, Wellington NZ Hospital/Institution Source:8762753
service New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/473 Otago Mounted Rifles Source:7968934
service New Zealand Expeditionary Force Private 9/473 NZ Training Unit Source:8762753
1914
death Not War Related Trooper Alexander boarded his troopship in Wellington Harbour but was taken off before it departed. He was ill with pnuemonia and died a few days later in Wellington Hospital. Wellington Hospital, Wellington New Zealand Source:7968934 17th October 1914
burial Karori Cemetery Karori Cemetery Non-War Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Wellington Wellington New Zealand New Zealand J. 32. (S). Source:8762753 Source:7968934
sibling Private William John Alexander Source:8762753

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Cecil Walter
Initials CW
Last Name Alexander
Source 7968934
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Lauder, Central Otago New Zealand parents address known 25th August 1914
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/473 Otago Mounted Rifles
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/473 NZ Training Unit Private
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/473 Main Body Trooper
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Jane Alexander mother
James Alexander father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Private William John Alexander brother
Annie Alexander sister 1883
Religion
DateReligionSource
1914-08-25 Presbyterian - inc Church of Scotland

Media

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  • Private Cecil Walter Alexander
    Remembered on his parents headstone in the Omakau Cemetery, Central Otago, NZ

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  • War Memorial Hall Central Otago NZ
    Name of Private Cecil Walter Alexander on this Roll of Honour

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  • Roll of Honour Omakau Central Otago NZ
    Name of Trooper Cecil Walter Alexander on the Roll of Honour

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  • The family home of Trooper Cecil Walter Alexander
    Located in Lauder, Central Otago, New Zealand

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  • Poppies planted at the Alexander family home
    Located in Lauder, Central Otago, New Zealand. Planted by the mother of Trooper Cecil Walter Alexander #9/473 in his memory.

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    Gerald98528

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Official Records

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Online Cenotaph: New Zealand Expeditionary Force

External Evidence

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Before Anzac Beyond Armistice - Keith Douglas Scott Gerald98528

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War Memorial Hall Central Otago NZ Gerald98528
Roll of Honour Omakau Central Otago NZ Gerald98528
The family home of Trooper Cecil Walter Alexander Gerald98528
Poppies planted at the Alexander family home Gerald98528

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