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BLACK, Alexander James
(Service number 7/ 13)

Aliases	Alec
First Rank	Sergeant	Last Rank	Lieutenant

Birth

Date	11/01/1887	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date	15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915	Age
Address at Enlistment	Otipua, Timaru
Occupation	Carpenter
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	J.R. Black (father), Otipua, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Lyttelton	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

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	23 July 1961	Age
Place of Death	Geraldine
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

A hgrandchiold shared: "Born Otipua 11 January, 1887 and died in 23 July, Geraldine 1961. Occupation before the war was carpenter. He was a member of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles in World War 1 and at the end of his service he was a Lieutenant. Seconded to the Camel Corp in July 1918."

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (August 2014); SCRoll web submission by A Rowe, 11 April 2026

External Links

Military personnel file

Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG

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