McPHERSON, Allan
(Service number 7/1641)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank | Lance Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 20/06/1885 | Place of Birth | Woodbury, Geraldine, NZ |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 25 August 1915 | Age | 30 years |
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| Address at Enlistment | Excelsior Hotel, Woodbury. | ||
| Occupation | Farm Labour | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Norman McPherson (father), Woodbury, NZ | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 7th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 10 September 1915 | ||
| Transport | Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, NZ | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | NZ Engineers (Field Troop) | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 20 October 1918 | Age | 33 years |
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| Place of Death | Egypt to Palestine | ||
| Cause | Died of Disease | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial; Woodbury War Memorial; SCRoll web submission by M Smith, 27 October 2024 | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of Norman McPherson and Janet McPherson. Born at Geraldine, NZ.
An image in the Nelson Provincial Museum Collection, from the Tyree Studio Collection, was identified as Allan McPherson - see https://collection.nelsonmuseum.co.nz/objects/30814/price-mr
Sources
Cenotaph
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Lesley Tennent (SC branch NZSG)
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