Alastair Monteath
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Alastair Patrick Johnstone Monteath |
Born | Christchurch, New Zealand | 12 September 1913
Died | 27 June 1942 Western Desert, Italian Libya | (aged 28)
Domestic team information | |
Years | Team |
1939/40 | Otago |
Source: Cricinfo, 17 May 2016 |
Alastair Patrick Johnstone Monteath (12 September 1913 – 27 June 1942) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Otago during the 1939–40 season.[1][2] He was killed in action during World War II.[3]
Monteath was born at Christchurch in 1913 and educated at Christ's College in the city. He was working as a salesman in Dunedin when he enrolled in the New Zealand Army. He was serving in 20 Battalion in North Africa when he was killed in June 1942 in Italian Libya during the Western Desert campaign.[4][5] He is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial in Egypt.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Alastair Monteath". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "Alastair Monteath". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Monteath, Alastair". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 94. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2
- ^ Alastair Patrick Johnstone Monteath, Online Cenotaph, Auckland Museum. Retrieved 2 June 2023.