Alfred Cornwall Catchpole

Forenames

Alfred Cornwall AWMM

Surname

Catchpole AWMM

Service number

• WWI 11/783A AWMM
• WWI 13/783A AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

11 Jun 1890 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Mokoia, Hawera, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

A.B. Catchpole (father), Mokoia, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 11/783A AWMM
• WWI 13/783A AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 17 or HMNZT 18 or HMNZT 19 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM 3rd Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Wellington Mounted Rifles AWMM

Son of Alfred B. and C. M. Catchpole, of Ohaupo, Hamilton. Born at Taranaki

Listed on nominal rolls as 13/783A and by Archives NZ and CWGC as 11/783A\

Date of birth recorded on service record as 11 June 1889, but recorded by family as 11 June 1890.

Next of Kin: Mr A. B. Catchpole, Ohaupo, Waikato (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

27 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Hill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Hill 60 Cemetery, Turkey AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21893036
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1739205/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1739205
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 117
• 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. 1: Includes portrait
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.