Lieutenant

Alan Hurst Preston

MC

Awards

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of James Wilfred and Sarah Preston, of Westbourne, Davenport, Stockport, England.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
10/910
Name:
Alan Hurst Preston
Rank: 
Lieutenant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
James W. Preston, Westbourne, Devonport, Stockport, England
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Makauri, Gisborne, New Zealand
Unit:
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps, 5 Company

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
07 June 1917
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death: 
27
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: 
III. A. 27.
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
Alan Hurst Preston
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