William Albert Moffatt

Forenames

William Albert AWMM

Surname

Moffatt AWMM

Service number

1673 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr W.J. Moffatt, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM

War

South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

1673 AWMM

Enlistment

South Africa Unknown AWMM Miner/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

South Africa Vessel was Gymeric AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM 5th New Zealand Mounted Rifles. 15 Company AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 5th Contingent (New Zealand Imperial Bushmen) AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
Pneumonia AWMM

Last rank

South Africa Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 5th Contingent (New Zealand Imperial Bushmen) AWMM

Sergeant Moffatt died from pneumonia following on from malarial fever contracted while in Portugese territory. He was given a military funeral.

Father was named William John Moffett. AWMM

Death

28 Jul 1901 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Sickness AWMM

Cemetery

St Johns Cemetery AWMM

Obituary

New Zealand Herald, 30 July 1901 AWMM

Memorial name

• Ranfurly Veterans' Home, 539 Mount Albert Road, Three Kings, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, South African War Memorial 1899 - 1902 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference
• Ranfurly Veterans' Home. Opening ceremony to-day. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 294, 10 December 1903, Page 5
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19031210.2.26&srpos
  Further Reference

References

• Stowers, R. (2002). Rough Riders at War: history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer war 1899-1902 and information on all members of the ten New Zealand contingents. Author: Hamilton, N.Z.
• Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand.
  Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 1900. H.6. Nominal Roll
• Stowers, R. (1992). Kiwi versus Boer : the First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• The New Zealand Herald
  New Zealand Herald, 30 July 1901