Gunner

Alexander Lees Morton

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Alex. Morton.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
2/630
Name:
Alexander Lees Morton
Rank: 
Gunner
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Alexander Morton (father),Whitton, Cecil Avenue, Bournemouth, England
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Te Kuiti, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Field Artillery

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, at sea on H.M.H.S. "Gascon,"
Date of Death:
14 July 1915
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death: 
23
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Main Body
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
16 October 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 7
HMNZT 10
Vessel:
Limerick or Arawa
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
72
Cemetery Location: 
Turkey
Alexander Lees Morton
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