Charles Alexander “Alex” Yaxley

Trooper · NZ #17155 · R1 Patrol

Rank	Trooper
Service number	NZ #17155
Patrol	R1 Patrol
Known as	“Alex”
Record	https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/126409

What this roll records

New Zealand (A) Squadron, LRDG — T1 Patrol at disbandment, 10 December 1943. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, ‘The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean’ (Appendix IV, New Zealand (A) Squadron Disbandment Roll, 10 December 1943).

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

Farmer's labourer in civilian life. Embarked/served with 2nd NZ Divisional Cavalry Regiment. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.

Full name Charles Alexander; known as Alex. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.

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Where this comes from

AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
Additional sources (AWMM Online Cenotaph). Nominal Roll 2NZEF No. 4, p.391. Unit history: Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry.

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