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'''Alexander Gale''' (17 December 1892 &ndash; 31 March 1965) was a New Zealand [[cricket]]er. He played one [[first-class cricket|first-class]] match for [[Otago cricket team|Otago]] in 1929/30.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37121.html |title=Alexander Gale |accessdate=11 May 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

Gale served for the Eighth Reinforcements for New Zealand in [[World War I]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19150824.2.49?query=John%20Loft |title=The Parting Again, Evening Star, Issue 15890, 24 August 1915 |work=Papers Past |accessdate=22 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19150901.2.226?query=samuel |title=Eighth Reinforcements, Otago Witness, Issue 3207, 1 September 1915 |work=Papers Past |accessdate=22 December 2020}}</ref> On 12 October 1917, whilst in Egypt, Gale was wounded in action, before eventually returning home on Christmas Eve 1918.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C43811 |title=Alexander Duncan Shanks Gale |work=Auckland Museum |accessdate=22 December 2020}}</ref>

Gale married Alice Austin in [[Dunedin]] in April 1920.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Wedding |journal=Temuka Leader |date=4 May 1920 |page=3 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TEML19200504.2.20}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Otago representative cricketers]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=37121}}

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