Ernest Aldred

Forenames

Ernest AWMM

Surname

Aldred AWMM

Service number

WWI 28847 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

J. Aldred (brother), Franklin Street, Gladstone, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 28847 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
  London Gazette, 28 December 1917, p13575, Rec No 1163: AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 11 Oct 1916-28 Dec 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 67 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM 18th Reinforcements, J Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
Otago Infantry Regiment AWMM

Corporal Aldred was the son of James and Christina Aldred, of Dunedin; husband of Mrs. E. E. Aldred (now Hunt), of 46, Queen St., Onehunga, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

24 Apr 1918 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France AWMM 1 J 40 AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22275132
  Further Reference
• SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour)
  https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=1003
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/311608/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/311608
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  43: 15
• McDonald, W. (2001). Honours and awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. Napier, N.Z.: Helen McDonald.
  Refer to Wayne McDonald's book Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War 1914-1918, page 9.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 5: Includes portrait
• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• HMNZT 67. Long Trail. (1916). On board ship:Published by the Right Wing of the 18th Reinforcements.