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HAMILTON, Alexander Renwick
(Service number 6/2549)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	16 February 1893	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	3 February 1915	Age	21 years 11 months
Address at Enlistment	Park Lane, Timaru
Occupation	Bank clerk
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	A. F. HAMILTON (father), National Bank, Timaru
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 6 feet. Weight 158 lbs. Chest measurement 32½-35 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes grey. Hair brown. Sight and hearing both good. Colour vision correct. Limbs well formed. Full and perfect movement of joints. Chest well formed. Teeth good. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily and mental health. No slight defects.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	6th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	14 August 1915
Transport	Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns	Balkan - Gallipoli, Mudros; Egyptian; Western European - France, Belgium
Service Medals	1914-15 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	12 August 1918	Reason	No longer physically fit for war service on account of wounds received in action.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farmer; salesman

Death

Date	16 July 1988	Age	95 years
Place of Death	Auckland
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Cremated Purewa; ashes interred Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 36, Plot 1
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Alexander Renwick Hamilton was the son of Alexander Ferrier and Phyllis Carruthers (née Renwick) Hamilton. Alexander was born in Timaru in 1893 and educated at the Timaru Main School. Alexander (2nd Regiment) was one of 123 men who joined 500 men from the south already on the train and left from the Timaru Railway Station in mid-April 1915, en route for the Front. The Mayor wished them the best of good fortune and complimented them on the manly stand they were so freely taking in going to help to break the sway of one of the greatest despots who had ever lived. He wished them all a safe and speedy return, before the train steamed out of the station to the accompanimnet of cheering and good-bye messages. His brother, William Keith Renwick Hamilton also served in World War I.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [23 October 2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5539 0049586) [08 March 2015]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [23 October 2013]; Timaru Herald, 29 October 1907, 20 December 1907, 19 April 1915, 15 July 1916, 18 March 1918, Star, 13 July 1916, Otago Witness, 2 August 1916, Oamaru Mail, 4 May 1917, Evening Post, 13 March 1918 (Papers Past) [06 September 2014; 05 March 2015, 06 September 2015; 05 February 2017; 30 March 2018]; School Admission Records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [2014]; New Zealand Electoral Rolls (ancestry.com.au) [05 March 2015]

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