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Archibald MacPherson
1889 - 1915 (25 years)
Generation: 1
1. Archibald MacPherson was born on 17 Sep 1889 in Arrowtown, Otago, New Zealand; died on 9 Aug 1915 in Chanuk Bair, Turkey. Notes:
Died:
Name: McPHERSON, ARCHIBALD
Initials: A
Nationality: New Zealand
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
Date of Death: 09/08/1915
Service No: 8/939
Additional information: Son of Mrs. J. C. McPherson, of Ardgowan East, Oamaru.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 16.
Memorial: CHUNUK BAIR (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL
Full Name Archibald McPherson
Rank Last Held Private
Forename(s) Archibald
Surname McPherson
War World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No. 8/939
First Known Rank Private
Next of Kin Mrs J.C. McPherson (mother), Ardgowan, Oamaru, New Zealand
Marital Status Single
Enlistment Address 215 Lichfield Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
Military District Canterbury
Body on Embarkation Main Body
Embarkation Unit Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation Date 16 October 1914
Place of Embarkation Port Chalmers, New Zealand
Transport HMNZT 5 HMNZT 9
Vessel Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay
Destination Suez, Egypt
Page on Nominal Roll 473
Last Unit Served Otago Infantry Battalion
Place of Death Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of Death 9 August 1915
Year of Death 1915
Cause of Death Killed in action
Archives NZ source Military personnel file
Sources Used Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919