Alastair Monteath
Personal information
Full name
Alastair Patrick Johnstone Monteath
Born(1913-09-12)12 September 1913
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died27 June 1942(1942-06-27) (aged 28)
Western Desert, Italian Libya
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1939/40Otago
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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Alastair Monteath". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Alastair Monteath". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Monteath, Alastair". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ Alastair Patrick Johnstone Monteath, Online Cenotaph, Auckland Museum. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
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