Profile

McPHERSON, Alexander
(Service number 7/760)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	04/02/1880	Place of Birth	Victoria, Australia

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Wakefield Hotel, Timaru
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	James McPHERSON (brother), Australia
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	2nd Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	14 December 1914
Transport	Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

Campaigns
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	12 December 1962	Age	82 years
Place of Death	War Veterans Home, Levin
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Tiro Tiro Road Cemetery, Levin
Memorial Reference	Block RSA, Row 13, Plot 149
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Alexander McPherson may have beenborn at Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, the son of Donald McPherson and Charlotte Bateman.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 December 2018]; Tiro Tiro Cemetery records (Horowhenua Family History Group) [17 December 2018]; refer Timaru Herald, 20 October 1914, 21 April 1919 (Papers Past) [17 December 2018]

External Links

Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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