Alexander Hanton

1887-1947

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37559

About

Born in Scotland

15 April 1887
Parents

Mother

Isabella Hanton

Father

Alexander Hanton

Settled in New Zealand

1907
Live

Hometown

Kaitangata
Work

Occupation

Coal-miner

Employer

New Zealand Coal & Oil Company
Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 60

2 December 1947

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 W5539 79/0050371, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.55, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Alexander Hanton (1887-1947)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/347