JOHNSTONE, Alexander McConachie
(Service number 7/72)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank | Trooper |
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Birth
| Date | 21 June 1893 | Place of Birth | Aberdeen, Scotland |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 13 August 1914 | Age | 21 |
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| Address at Enlistment | Mount Peel, Peel Forest, New Zealand | ||
| Occupation | Teamster | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | James A M Johnstone, 57 Forest Avenue, Aberdeen, Scotland | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Athenic | ||
| Embarked From | Lyttelton | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egyptian and Balkans (Gallipoli) | ||
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| Service Medals | 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 28 August 1915 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Gallipoli, Turkey | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | |||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial (as A McC Johnstone); Waimataitai School War Memorial (as A Mc Johnston?) | ||
Biographical Notes
Served as Alex McConachie Johnstone. Worked as a teamster for H.D. Ackland Mt Peel Station.
Sources
Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015)
External Links
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Researched and Written by
Dave Batchelor (South Canterbury Museum); Ted Hansen, SC branmch NZSG
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