• Born: 26 May 1897, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand ^{3 4}
• Marriage (1): Helen MACDONALD on 18 April 1922 in Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand ¹
• Died: 20 February 1980, Lorneville, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand at age 82 ^{4 5}
• Buried: 1980, Otautau, Southland, Southland, New Zealand ⁵

  Burial Notes

Otautau Cemetery (New), Block A XVIII, Plot 31

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He was Presbyterian. ⁴

• He has conflicting birth information of 26 May 1897 and Otautau, Southland, Southland, New Zealand. ³

• During World War I, Allan served in the New Zealand Army as a Trooper in 1917-1918. ⁴
  
  Regiment: 33rd N.Z.M.R. (New Zealand Mounted Rifles); Rank: Trooper; Regimental No. 57777.
  Enlisted for the duration of the war on his 20th birthday. Attestation/Start date: 26 May 1917.
  He served at home and overseas for nearly a year before receiving a medical discharge on 30 May 1919.
  After suffering from hepatitis, phthisis, and debility, Allan was deemed "no longer physically fit for war service."
  His highest rank was Trooper.
  He received the British War Medal.

• Before he enlisted on 26 May 1917, Allan worked as a clerk, employed by his father at "Aldersyde" in Otautau, Southland, Southland, New Zealand. ⁴

• He resided at "Aldersyde" in Otautau, Southland, Southland, New Zealand on 26 May 1917. ⁴

• He was buried at the New Otautau Cemetery, Block A XVIII, Plot 31 in Otautau, Southland, Southland, New Zealand in 1980.
  
  Inscription:
  
  FISHER
  IN LOVING MEMORY OF
  ALLAN THOMSON AORANGI
  DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF
  HELEN FISHER
  DIED FEB 20 1980 AGED 82 YEARS
  ALSO HIS DEARLY LOVED WIFE
  HELEN
  DIED FEB 28 1984 AGED 83 YEARS
  
  IN LOVING MEMORY OF
  MACALLAN
  (nee Fisher)
  HELEN WINSOME
  Died 3 July 2015
  Aged 81 Years
  (Melbourne Australia)
  Dearly Loved Wife Of Donald
  Loved Mother Of Ian & Fiona

Allan married Helen MACDONALD, daughter of John MACDONALD and Jeanie Belle RAY, on 18 April 1922 in Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.¹ (Helen MACDONALD was born on 21 January 1901 in Foard County, Texas, USA, died on 28 February 1984 in Drummond, Southland, Southland, New Zealand ⁵ and was buried in 1984 in Otautau, Southland, Southland, New Zealand ⁵.)