RATTRAY, Alexander
(Service number 78959)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 06/08/1878 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Kurow, Otago | ||
| Occupation | Stock agent | ||
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| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs M. RATTRAY (wife), Kurow, Otago | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 40th Reinforcements, B Company | ||
| Date | 10 July 1918 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 5 February 1937 | Age | 58 years |
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| Place of Death | Kuriw | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Waimate Old Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Alexander Rattray was the oldest of the four sons of John and Jane (née Gunn) Rattray. He married Marjory Smith on 21 November 1906 at Waimate. Two of his brothers also served in World War I - James McHardy Rattray and Robert Rose Gunn Rattray, and the fourth brother, David John Rattray, was called up in 1916..
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [05 June 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [06 June 2019]; Waimate Old Cemetery headstone transcription
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