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Hugh Alexander GUNN

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Date of birth27 May 1875
Date of death23 September 1916
Mothers nameJessie (née Urquhart)
Spouses nameUnmarried
Mothers date of death1923
Fathers nameHugh Gunn
Parents date of marriage1866
Parents place of marriageNew Zealand
Fathers date of death13 September 1904
SiblingsJessie (b 1867, d 1925 m 1906 Sainsbury, 14 Wilkie Rd, Caversham, Dunedin, John (b 1868) , Donald Urquhart (b 24 July 1870, Waitepeka), Annie Jane (n 1872), George Brown Inglis (b 1880), William (b 1880), Neil Urquhart (b 1885)
Fathers occupationFarmer
Cause of deathDied of wounds
Buried whereHeilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe. IV. E. 84
AliasAlexander THOMPSON
AwardsBritish War Medal, Victory Medal
Place of birthRegistered Kaihiku, Otago, New Zealand
OccupationMill hand/Farm Labourer
Place of deathNo 2 Field Ambulance in the field, France
Date of arrival overseas08 February 1916
Theatres of warEgypt 1916, Egypt EF 1916, Western Europe 1916
SurnameGUNN
War memorialFoxton
Christian namesHugh Alexander
Place of arrival overseasSuez, Egypt
WarsWW 1
Service number6/3894
ReligionPresbyterian
Date enlisted19 October 1915
Final rankPrivate
Regiment or service2nd Bn Canterbury Regiment NZEF
User reference1.72

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Served as Alexander THOMPSON.

1914 Electoral Roll Alexander is living in Foxton and occupation is Mill Hand.

Employer: AS Easton, Foxton.

Next of Kin: Sid Easton, Foxton.

Hair: Fair. Eyes: Grey. Height: 5’ 6”.

Complexion: Fair. Weight: 143lb Chest: 34" - 37"

Declared age on enlistment: 40 years

Legal NOK: Mrs Jessie Gunn (Mother, died 1923), Waitepeka or Toiri near Balclutha

Probate: Archives NZ, Wellington (under both names)

This mans birth name is Hugh Alexander Gunn but he served under the name of Alexander Thompson and is on the Foxton Memorial as A Thompson.

Thankyou to to Christina Fenby for sharing information.

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