Albert Appelbe

Forenames

Albert AWMM

Surname

Appelbe AWMM

Also known as

Bertie Charles AWMM

Service number

WWI 35233 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Birth

2 Nov 1892 Public Source

Address before enlistment

WW1 Onewhero, Waikato, New Zealand (Public source 7/15) AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Jane Appelbe (mother), Waiareka Junction, North Otago, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 1916 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1918 AWMM Battles of Ypres AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 35233 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 28 Aug 1916 Public source
Age  23 AWMM
Contractor/Civilian Public source

Embarkation details

WW1 15 Nov 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 68 or HMNZT 69 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 19th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• Eye colour, WWI AWMM
  Blue AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  6 foot 1 AWMM
• Hair colour, WWI AWMM
  Fair AWMM
• Complexion, WWI AWMM
  Fair AWMM
• Chest, WWI AWMM
  37 - 41 inches AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  210 pounds AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

Albert Appelbe was the son of Son of Charles G. Appelbe, of Marton, Wairarapa. Native of Otago.

Next of Kin: Mr C. G. Appelbe, Marton (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

4 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

North Otago Times, 20 October 1917

The Oamaru Mail 20 October 1917

The Press 22 October 1917 AWMM

Memorial name

• Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Maheno War Memorial Cenotaph AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22270754
  Further Reference
• Regarding incorrect name on Memorial
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/maheno-war-memorial-cenotaph
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  45: 4
• Otago Daily Times
  17 April 2015
• Southland Express
  23 April 2015
• Ashburton Guardian (Canterbury)
  Volume XXXV, Issue 8324, 17 December 1915, Page 5
• North Otago Times
  Volume CVI, Issue 13960, 20 October 1917, Page 3
• Grey River Argus
  22 October 1917, Page 4
• Colonist
  Volume LVIII, Issue 14542, 20 October 1917, Page 5
• Oamaru Mail
  Volume XLIX, Issue 13285, 20 October 1917, Page 5
• Hastings Standard
  Volume IV, Issue 747, 17 December 1915, Page 5
• Timaru Herald
  Volume CVI, Issue 16370, 20 October 1917, Page 7
• The Christchurch Press
  Volume LIII, Issue 16038, 22 October 1917, Page 8
• The Evening Post
  Volume XCIV, Issue 96, 20 October 1917, Page 4
• Wanganui Chronicle
  20 October 1917, Page 5
• Taranaki Daily News
  22 October 1917, Page 7
• Hastings Standard
  Volume VII, Issue 306, 20 October 1917, Page 5
• 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. 4: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• 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.