Surname: 
southcombe
Reg No: 
7503
Given Names: 
alexander
Contingent: 
Ninth
Rank: 
private
Unit: 
North Island Regiment - H Squadron
County/City: 
patea
Occupation: 
butter-maker
Ship: 
Devon 19 March 1902
Address: 
care of - southcombe waverley
Next of Kin: 
southcombe mrs elizabeth
Next of Kin Address: 
same
Relationship to Soldier: 
mother

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Posted: 03 Apr 2020

Alexander Victor Southcombe b. 3 May 1884, Waitotara, South Taranaki. Son of James and Eliza Eleanor Southcombe (not Elizabeth as record states). He appears to be the only Alexander Southcombe of the right age to have enlisted in the war. Married Jessie Coates in 1906.