8/689 Sergeant Alexander, (6/3/1892-8/5/1915), 8/2693 L/corporal Andrew Kerr, (13/6/1885-12/10/1917), and 58920 Private Harold William (9/5/1895-22/2/1919) Paisley. "three loved sons"

Sergeant Alexander Paisley, who left with the Alain Expeditionary Force, was born at Upper Junction, N.E.V., is 23 years of age, and was educated at Upper Junction School. He is the fourth son of Mr John Paisley, of North-east Vallev, and was a member of the 4th (Otago) Regiment. At the time of his enlistment he was in the employ of Mr J. Scott, of Drum Oak, Wyndham. His brother Albert was a soldier in the advance force to Samoa. Another brother, Andrew Kerr, is with the 6th Reinforcements at Trentham.  -Evening Star, 18/6/1915.

Alexander Paisley died during a failed attack by the NZ Brigade against Turkish positions which were strongly defended by machine guns.  The relevant page of the Official History of the Otago Regiment describes the confusion of that day:

About 10 a.m. the New Zealand Brigade, less Otago Battalion, advanced under heavy machine gun fire to the existing front line. At 10.30 a.m. the attack was launched. The assaulting infantry almost instantly encountered a blast of machine gun fire equal in its destructive power to that which had stemmed the tide of advance on the previous day. By 1.30 p.m. the attack had been definitely checked, and the losses sustained were exceedingly heavy.

The details of Alexander's death were the result of a Court of Enquiry convened after the evacuation from Gallipoli. He has no known grave.

DEATHS

FOR THE EMPIRE'S CAUSE

PAISLEY. On May 8, 1915, killed in action at Gallipoli, Sergeant Alexander Paisley (Alex.), 4th Otago Regiment, Main Expeditionary Force, dearly beloved fourth son of Agnes and John Paisley, Upper Junction, North-East Valley; aged 23 years. 

Deeply regretted.   -Otago Daily Times, 5/2/1916.

Private Andrew Kerr Paisley (wounded in France, July 14) was born at Upper Junction and educated at the district school, and at the time of his enlistment was working on his father's farm. He left with the Sixth Reinforcements and was on Gallipoli for some time, but got safely away at the evacuation. His brother, Sergeant Alexander Paisley, Otago Battalion. Main Body, N.Z.E.F., was killed on Gallipoli early in May, 1915. Another brother (Albert D.) was one of the Advance Force in Samoa, and is now a second lieutenant in the 19th Reinforcements.  -Evening Star, 3/8/1916.

Andrew Paisley received his wound - a gunshot wound to his face - during a disastrous raid across no-mans-land against German trenches.  The Germans were prepared and artillery and machine-gun fire caught them in the open.  He recovered and returned to the Otago Regiment after four months but spent some time back in hospital the next year with mumps.

He died in another disastrous attack - that of October 12, 1917, when he and the other Otago men waded through knee-deep mud to attack German positions which had not - as was the usual method - been worked over by artillery.

He was buried in the Poelcappelle Cemetery in Belgium.

FOR KING AND COUNTRY

IN MEMORIAM

PAISLEY. — In loving memory of Andrew Kerr Paisley (Andy), 6th Reinforcements, N.Z.E.F., who was killed in action at Passchendaele October 12th,.1917. 

He did his duty.  -Evening Star, 12/10/1918.

FOR KING AND COUNTRY.

DEATH.

PAISLEY. — On February 22nd, 1919, in a military hospital, Scotland (of influenza, during convalescence from wounds), 58920 Private Harold William Paisley (Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.), beloved son of John and Agnes Paisley, of North-east Valley, Dunedin; aged 21 years. Deeply mourned.  -Evening Star, 4/3/1919.

Harold Paisley was admitted to hospital after a gunshot wound to his right thigh in October, 1918.  He was swept up in the Spanish flu pandemic.  He was buried in the Glasgow Western Necropolis.

Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin.