Albert Eric Ralston Bagnall
Born 9 Jun 1896 - Died 26 Aug 1918
- Service number
- WWI 49066 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Gunner/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Albert Eric Ralston AWMM
- Surname
- Bagnall AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 49066 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Presbyterian, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 9 Jun 1896 Military personnel file
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Pre Oct 1917 AWMM Mason's Avenue, Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Mrs E. Bagnall (mother), 29 Mason's Avenue, Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- 1918 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 49066 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 01 Oct 1917 Military personnel file
Age 20 AWMM
Civil servant/Civilian Military personnel file - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 13 Jun 1917-19 Oct 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 87 AWMM Vessel was RMS Tahiti AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM 27th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- 10 Jul 1918 AWMM Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
Gunshot wounds, thigh AWMM - Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
- 10 Jul 1918 AWMM Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Gunner/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Emma and Albert Edward Bagnall, of Herne Bay and later of 33 Sarsfield Street, Ponsonby, Auckland.
Attended Auckland Grammar School.
Attended Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland).
Archives New Zealand Auckland Regional Office - Archives reference - BBAE 1569/12686 - Gunner Albert Eric Ralston Bagnall (died 26 August 1918). Letter to family from France dated 21 August 1918
Next of Kin: Mrs E. Bagnell, Sarsfield St, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM - Brother of Sergeant George Stevenson BAGNALL 13/271 who died 18 November 1918 aged 31 yearsPublic - Sarndra - Researcher - 3 October 2015 - Own research
- Son of Emma and Albert Edward Bagnall, of Herne Bay and later of 33 Sarsfield Street, Ponsonby, Auckland.
About death
- Death
- 26 Aug 1918 Military personnel file
Age 22 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme, France AWMM VI.B.18. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Third Term, 1918. AWMM
- Memorial name
- Family plot headstone, Waikaraka Cemetery, Onehunga, Auckland, New ZealandPublic - Sarndra - Researcher - 3 October 2015 - Personal visit
- Memorial reference
- Area 1 Block G Lot No 73APublic - Sarndra - Researcher - 3 October 2015 - Auckland City Council cemeteries database; http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/cemeteries/cemetery.html
Memorial
- Memorial name
- Turua Roll of Honour, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, 65 Jervois Rd, Ponsonby, Auckland 1011 AWMM
- All Saints Church, 284 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby Auckland 1011 AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22271961
Sources Used - Auckland University College Roll of Honour.
http://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/roll-of-honour/search?page=65
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/56947/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/56947
Further Reference - Romano, Gail. Death in the Spring. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 21 March 2022
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/death-in-the-spring
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
67: 11 - Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Third Term, 1918. - A.U.C. roll of honour, 1914 - 1920. MSS & Archives E-2, Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services.
- 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 - Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
- 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.
- HMNZT 87. Echoes of A. Company : 27th Rfs. [1917]. London: Printed by St. Clements Press.
- HMNZT 87 Tahiti - Tales of a tub : being the story of the ways and woes of that portion of the Twenty-seventh Reinforcement on board H.M.N.Z.T. No. 87, "Tahiti" -- Capetown : Cape Times Ltd., printers : 1917
- Hickford, Paul, They Marched to War, 2019, p.28.Public - Paul - Researcher - 25 April 2021 - Tribute to Bank of New Zealand staff and their families.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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