Sgt. Alexander Tait

Address before enlistment: Care of Mrs Milligan, Madras Street, Christchurch, New Zealand. Next of kin: Miss Gladys Tait (sister), care of Lieutenant Fothergill, South African Mounted Rifles, Estcourt, Natal, South Africa. [Another source gives address as Florida Road, Durban, Natal, South Africa]. Died of wounds, Gallipoli.

Sources

1. Cenotaph: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/...
2. Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/621516
3. Military personnel file: https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/item/aims-ar...
4. New Zealand War Graves Project: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/alexander-tait

Possibilities

Name: Alexander Tait
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 22 Mar 1882
Baptism Place: St. Mary's Clayton Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England
Father: Jacobi Cruise Tait
Mother: Elizabeth Margaritae Coulthard
FHL Film Number: 1936949
Reference ID: item 3-4 p 362

1901 England Census [no mention of sister Gladys]
Name: Alexander Tait
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Father: James Tait
Mother: Elizabeth Tait
Birth Place: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Civil Parish: Westgate
James Tait 55
Elizabeth Tait 48
Thomas Tait 24
Ralph Tait 22
Maria Tait 20
Alexander Tait 19
Ellen Tait 15
Elizabeth Tait 13
Jane Tait 10
Ann Tait 8
James Tait 6
Robert Tait 3

1901 England Census [no mention of sister Gladys]
Name: Alexander Tait
Age: 18
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Father: James Tait
Mother: Mary J Tait
Birth Place: Northumberland, England
Civil Parish: East Chevington
James Tait 38
Mary J Tait 28
Alexander Tait 18
Jane Tait 12
Mary Ann Tait 10
Edward H Tait 8
Margaret Tait 6
John Chrisp 25
Margaret A W Tait 1/12

Sergeant in CIR, file number 6/156.

Sources

1. New Zealand and World War One Roll of Honour: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sooty/genealogy/nzefrohT.html / Ref 17.4.2021