Alfred Victor Shute

Title

Rifleman

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Forenames

Alfred Victor AWMM

Surname

Shute AWMM

Service number

WWI 25/463 AWMM

Gender

• Male AWMM
• Male
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Religion

Church of England

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Birth

27 Jul 1889 AWMM

Date of birth

27 July 1889

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Place of birth

Masterton, NZ

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Birth notes

son of George Henry & Charlotte SHUTE

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Address before enlistment

Matawai, Gisborne

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Next of kin

George Henry Shute (father), 20 Cole Street, Masterton, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 05 Feb 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• Somme AWMM
• Battle of the Somme AWMM
• Egyptian E F & Western European
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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 3 Btn NZ Rifle Brigade D Coy
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Service number

WWI 25/463 AWMM

Military service

1915-1916

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
• 13 Oct 1915 at Trentham
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Age on enlistment

25yrs 7mths

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Embarkation details

WW1 05 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 42 or HMNZT 43 or HMNZT 44 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua AWMM Rifleman AWMM 3rd Battalion, D Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

• Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
  Accidental death on active service AWMM
• Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Death

13 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

• Killed on Active Service AWMM
• Accidental Death AWMM

Cemetery

Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France AWMM N.Z. I.F.3. 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/R7816931
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/557145/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/557145
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  24: 16
• 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
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.