Ernest William Athfield

Forenames

Ernest William AWMM

Surname

Athfield AWMM

Service number

WWI 69048 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

J.L. Athfield (father), Port Chalmers, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1918 AWMM Le Quesnoy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 69048 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Fisherman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 08 Feb 1918-29 Mar 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 100 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Private AWMM 34th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Ernest Athfield was the son of John Leonard and Ann Francis Athfield, of Port Chalmers, New Zealand.



Next of Kin: Mrs J. L. Athfield, Port Chalmers, Otago (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

• 26 Aug 1918 AWMM
  Age  36 AWMM
• 28 Aug 1918 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
  Age  35 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme, France AWMM V. C. 4. 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/R22271434
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/56933/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/56933
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020)
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• The Le Quesnoy Campaign research was undertaken by the New Zealand Society of Genealogists as part of the development of New Zealand Liberation Museum - Te Arawhata (Le Quesnoy France). This research project was led by CJ Barbour (NZSG), BI Silvester, HH Farrant (NZMHS) with the support of NZSG volunteers (2022). The individuals included in this research dataset were identified as potentially having served in or around the wider Le Quesnoy campaign. Their presence at Le Quesnoy has not been individually verified in every case.
• 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.
• Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.
• HMNZT 100. The link [1918]. Printed by W.H. Smith & Son: London. Magazine of troops on board H.M.N.Z.T. No. 100, 'Ulimaroa'.