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McCONNACH, Alexander
(Service number 36470)

Chalmers Church memorial plaque, photographed in 2010 — South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.28 (South Canterbury Museum )

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	06/09/1873	Place of Birth	Aberdeen, Scotland

Enlistment Information

Date	20 September 1916	Age	43
Address at Enlistment	Sedgemere, Seddon working for F W Bursell
Occupation	Farmhand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	John McConnach (brother) 53 Irvine Place, Aberdeen, Scotland. J. Hutchison (Friend) Barber in Stafford St. Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Reinforcements, G Company
Date	19 January 1917
Transport	Waitemata
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Plymouth, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Auckland Infantry Brigade

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western Europe 1917-18
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	1 July 1918	Age	44
Place of Death	Field Hospital, France
Cause	Died ofwounds to face, shoulder and arm
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France
Memorial Reference	VIII. 1. 147
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Chalmers Church Memorial Plaque

Biographical Notes

Son of James and Margaret Eddie McConnach of Tillyduke, Coull, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Brother of John McConnach of 53 Irvine Place,Aberdeen, Scotland

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (Oct 2013); Archways (Nov 2013); CWGC (Nov2013); NZ War Graves (Nov 2013); War Census CD (Nov 2013).

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Researched and Written by

Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG

Currently Assigned to

JCl

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