HAYWOOD, Alexander
(Service number 16301)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank | Trooper |
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Birth
| Date | 23/12/1892 | Place of Birth | Otaio |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Beautiful Valley | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs W. HAYWOOD (mother), Beautiful Valley, Geraldine, South Canterbury | ||
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 | 16th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade | ||
| Date | 10 August 1916 | ||
| Transport | Moeraki; transhipped to Mooltan at Sydney for Suez | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 15 January 1957 | Age | 64 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Temuka Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Alexander Haywood was the first-born of William and Jessie (née Morrison) Haywood.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [23 March 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [23 March 2017]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [23 March 2017]
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