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William Edward Cayley-Alexander

1875-1949

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.2

Rank

Sergeant

Serial

4/1324

About

Born in England

6 June 1875
Residence

Hometown

Te Kuiti
Work

Occupation

Consulting Engineer

Employer

Own
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Evelyn Cayley-Alexander

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 73

11 February 1949

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5530 54/0023826, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 3.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “William Edward Cayley-Alexander (1875-1949)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/117

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