Alexander Christie “Tankie” Martin

Trooper · NZ #21956 · T2 Patrol

Rank	Trooper
Service number	NZ #21956
Patrol	T2 Patrol
Known as	“Tankie”
Record	https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/147104

What this roll records

One of the eight New Zealanders stranded after the Nofilia air attack (December 1941) who made the eight-day trek to Augila. Source: ‘Raids Behind the Enemy Lines’, Episodes & Studies Vol. 1 (NZ official war history).

Cenotaph record linked. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.

Full name Alexander Christie. Bootmaker in civilian life. Embarked/served with 2nd NZ Divisional Cavalry Regiment. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.

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Where this comes from

Missing info added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll.
AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
Additional sources (AWMM Online Cenotaph). Nominal Roll 2NZEF No. 2 (Embarkations to 30 Jun 1940), p.125. Unit history: Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry.

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