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ALLAN, Alexander
(Service number 10/2835)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	30 December 1899	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date	15 May 1915	Age	37 years 10 months
Address at Enlistment	Care of Mrs BARNES, Rangatira
Occupation	Teamster
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Garrett ALLAN (brother), Rangatira Valley, Temuka
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 9 inches. Weight 150 lbs. Chest measurement 34-36½ inches. Complexion medium. Eyes blue. Hair brown. Sight, hearing & colour vision all normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth efficient. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. Had pneumonia in right lung. No fots. Fit.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	7th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Wellington Infantry Battalion
Date	8 October 1915
Transport	Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Embarked From	Wellington, N.Z.	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Wellington Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian; Egyptian Expeditionary Force; Western European (France, Belgium)
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
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	2 February 1918	Reason	No longer fit for war service on account of illnesses contracted on active service.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	30 October 1953	Age	75 years
Place of Death	Wellington
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 2 November 1952
Memorial or Cemetery	Karori Cemetery, Wellington
Memorial Reference	Soldiers Section, Plot 11 D/3
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Alexander Allan, 10/2835, was the oldest son of Alexander and Ellen (née Scollard) Allan. He attended the Rangatira Valley School.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [25 July 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5520 0007508) [26 July 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [25 July 2016]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [25 July 2016]; Karori Cemetery, Wellington, headstone image & burial trcord (Wellington City Council) [26 July 2016]; Timaru Herald, 2 November 1953 (Timaru District Library) [27 July 2016]

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Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG

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