Cenotaph : 12479

Cenotaph ID: 
12479
Rank Last Held: 
Warrant Officer Class 1
Forenames: 
Alexander William
Surname: 
Porteous
Conflict: 
Serial Number: 
1150|8/1048|8/1038A
Enlistment Address: 
Itchen Street, Oamaru, New Zealand
Embarkation Body: 
Main Body
Embarkation Date: 
1914-10-16 00:00:00
Place of Embarkation: 
Port Chalmers, New Zealand
Destination: 
Suez, Egypt (3 December 1914)
Vessel: 
Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay
Page on Nominal Roll: 
588
Date of Death: 
09 August 1915
Location of Cemetery/Memorial: 
Gallipoli, Turkey
Cause of Death: 
Killed in action
Memorial Name: 
Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
First Rank: 
Sergeant Major
Next of Kin: 
Mrs A.W. Porteous (wife), care of Post-office, Saint Leonards, Dunedin, New Zealand
Transport: 
HMNZT 5 | HMNZT 9
Marital Status: 
Married, 1 child
Last Unit Served: 
Otago Infantry Battalion
Cenotaph CID: 
C12479

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