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McCLINTOCK, Alexander Stewart
(Service number 25280)

Temuka War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #01)

Temuka War Memorial dedication inscription, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #05)

Temuka War Memorial plaque, names M-Y, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Waitohi War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

World War One plaque, Waitohi War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	5 August 1880	Place of Birth	Christchurch

Enlistment Information

Date	27 March 1916	Age	35
Address at Enlistment	Methven
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Mary Jane McClintock (Mother), Waitohi Flat, Temuka, New Zealand
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	14th Reinforcements, J Company
Date	26 June 1916
Transport	Maunganui or Tahiti
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western Europe 1916
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 October 1916	Age	36
Place of Death	Somme, France
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Caterpillar Valley New Zealand Memorial, France
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Temuka RSA Roll of Honour; Waitohi War Memorial; Temuka War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of Mrs Mary Jane McClintock of Waitohi Flat, and the late Alexander McClintock. Mary Jane McClintock's address was later changed to Raynor St, Temuka. The couples other children were Matilda Esther (b.1878), Robert James (b.1884), Sarah Ann (b.1886), Ellen (b.1888), and William Gordon (b.1892).

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (Oct 2013); Archways (Nov 2013); CWGC (Nov 2013); NZ War Graves (Nov 2013); NZBDM 1880/6336; 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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