Company Sergeant Major

Alexander William Porteous

MC

Awards

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Mrs. A. W. Porteous, of 265, Melbourne St., South Dunedin.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
8/1048A
Name:
Alexander William Porteous
Rank: 
Company Sergeant Major
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs A.W. Porteous (wife), care of Post-office, Saint Leonards, Dunedin, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Itchen Street, Oamaru, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Otago Regiment

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
09 August 1915
Day of Death:
Monday
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

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

HMNZT 5
HMNZT 9
Vessel:
Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay
Destination:
Suez, Egypt (3 December 1914)

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
14
Cemetery Location: 
Turkey
Alexander William Porteous
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