Charles Frederick Alison
Born 13 Dec 1888 - Died 7 Jun 1917
- Service number
- WWI 23940 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
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- Forenames
- Charles Frederick AWMM
- Surname
- Alison AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 23940 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 13 Dec 1888 AWMM
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- Address before enlistment
- unkownPublic - harlan - Researcher - 25 March 2024 - where he got enlisted was unkown
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs Emma Alison (mother), 46 Marine Parade, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- researcherPublic - harlan - Researcher - 25 March 2024 - im a student researching about WW1 soldiers
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Messines AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 23940 AWMM
- Military service
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Military decorations
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Training and Enlistment
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 27 May 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 54 or HMNZT 55 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Tofua AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM 13th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
- IdkPublic - Hamish - Researcher - 15 May 2019 - Idk
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Charles Frederick Alison was born on 13 December 1888, the son of Duncan Donald Tobias Alison and Emma Alison of 47 King Edward Parade, Devonport, Auckland. Before enlisting he worked as a clerk.
Charles was one of three brothers who served during the World War I, alongside John Alfred Edward Alison (13/2153), also known as Alfred Edward Alison, and Harold Alexander Alison (24862).
He enlisted in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on 8 February 1916 and was posted to A Company, 13th Reinforcements. He was promoted to corporal before embarking from New Zealand on 27 May 1916. After further training in England, he reverted to the rank of private and joined the 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, in France. He was appointed temporary Lance Corporal on 22 February 1917 and confirmed in that rank on 1 May 1917.
On 7 June 1917, during the Battle of Messines, Alison was leading a working party constructing a strongpoint when the position came under enemy shellfire. A shell burst nearby and he was killed in action. His body was not recovered, and he is commemorated on the Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial to the Missing in Belgium.
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira holds material relating to Charles and the wider Alison family. The Alison Family papers, 1915–1922 (MS-1322) include Charles Frederick Alison’s soldier’s pay book, two incomplete letters, his will and two letters relating to his death. The same collection also includes Harold Alexander Alison’s soldier’s pay book, letters, a postcard, a greeting card and four photographs. Further family correspondence is held in the Papers relating to the Alison and Armitage families, 1845–1986 (MS-1457).
Charles Alison was also included in the 1917 issue of New Zealand at the Front, a magazine written, illustrated and published in France by members of the New Zealand Division, on page 141. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 7 Jun 1917 AWMM
Age 28 AWMM - Date of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM
- Devonport War Memorial, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Roll of Honour, Holy Trinity (Anglican) Church, 20 Church Street, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Roll of Honour, Devonport Primary School, granite tablet, 18 Kerr Street, Devonport, Auckland AWMM
Related objects
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22268829
Further Reference - Parish of Devonport, Auckland, (Anglican), Holy Trinity and St Augustine's Churches
http://www.holytrinity.gen.nz/index.html
Further Reference - Ministry for Culture and Heritage Devonport War memorial
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/devonport-first-world-war-memorial
Further Reference - Devonport War Memorial Index, Auckland Council Archives
http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/DBC859/searchdevonport.htm
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1737604/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1737604
Further Reference - New Zealand at the Front a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division (1917). London : Cassell.
https://archive.org/details/newzealandatfron00lond/newzealandatfron00lond
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
33: 4 - Alison Family. Family papers. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-1322.
These include Charles Frederick Alison's soldier's pay book, 2 incomplete letters, his will, and 2 letters relating to his death. - 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. 2: Includes portrait - Armitage, Alexander G. Papers relating to the Alison and Armitage Families, 1845 - 1986. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-1457.
- Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- New Zealand at the Front a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division (1917). London : Cassell.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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