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Pte. Rizk Alexander

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Pte. Rizk Alexander Veteran

Birth
Lebanon
Death
11 Aug 1924 (aged 29)
Wellington, New Zealand
Burial
Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand GPS-Latitude: -41.2751583, Longitude: 174.7497722
Plot
CH ENG2/G/502
Memorial ID
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Service Number: 10205
Embarkation Details: 1st Batt, 11th J. Coy
Next Of Kin On Embarkation: Mr M. Alexander (father), Bratmary, Syria
Post War Occupation: Traveller/Civilian
Address Before Enlistment: Queen Street, Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand

Died after Discharge from Disease Contracted while on Active Service, death due to war service, Endotheliomia, malignant tumour

Forename mispelt on the Nominal Roll as Risk. Forename spelled as Riske on the Karori cemetery record. DOD recorded on the service record as 11 August 1925 and on the cemetery Record as 1924

CAMPAIGN-1914-1919 Western Front
Military Medal (MM). London Gazette, 16 August 1917, p 8429, Record Number 956. Citation: At Blauwen Molen near Messines on 7th June 1917, this man captured a German machine gun and its entire crew single handed. Throughout the fighting he showed coolness and courage of a high order
British War Medal (1914-1920) & Victory Medal
Service Number: 10205
Embarkation Details: 1st Batt, 11th J. Coy
Next Of Kin On Embarkation: Mr M. Alexander (father), Bratmary, Syria
Post War Occupation: Traveller/Civilian
Address Before Enlistment: Queen Street, Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand

Died after Discharge from Disease Contracted while on Active Service, death due to war service, Endotheliomia, malignant tumour

Forename mispelt on the Nominal Roll as Risk. Forename spelled as Riske on the Karori cemetery record. DOD recorded on the service record as 11 August 1925 and on the cemetery Record as 1924

CAMPAIGN-1914-1919 Western Front
Military Medal (MM). London Gazette, 16 August 1917, p 8429, Record Number 956. Citation: At Blauwen Molen near Messines on 7th June 1917, this man captured a German machine gun and its entire crew single handed. Throughout the fighting he showed coolness and courage of a high order
British War Medal (1914-1920) & Victory Medal

Gravesite Details

Age: 27, Occupation: Traveller, Date Of Burial 14 Aug 1924
Other burials in this grave: Lionel Alexander, Dorothy Redpath, Shirley Mina Alexander, Mukhiber Alexander



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