HUTCHISON, Alexander William Mowat
(Service number 32446)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 16 January 1897 | Place of Birth | Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 397 Madras Street, Christchurch | ||
| Occupation | Baker (Aulsbrooks Company, Christchurch) | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs A. HUTCHISON (mother), Latter Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 19th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 15 November 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | ||
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 28 December 1972 | Age | 75 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Alexander William Mowat Hutchison was the son of Alexander and Jane Helen (née Duff) Hutchison. He was born in the prison buildings at Peterhead, where his father was the prison warder. He was about eleven years old when the family came to New Zealand. Private Alexander Hutchison was admitted to Timaru Hospital for treatment on his return from the Front inOctober 1918. He married Ivy Blanche Lewis in 1921.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [27 October 2019];Bromley Cemetery burial record (Christchurch City Council) [29 October 2019]; Bromley Cemetery headstone transcription; Timaru Herald, 17 October 1918 (Papers Past) [27 Octoberr 2019].
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