Albert Hector Guy

Forenames

Albert Hector AWMM

Surname

Guy AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/244 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

11 Oct 1891 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Ngatimoti, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

J.A. Guy (father), Ngatimoti, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/244 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) AWMM
  Citation for Meritorious Service Medal (MSM): "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On the 7th, 8th and 9th June 1917 Sergeant-Major Guy was in command of the Regimental carrying party taking S.A.A., food and water to the Companies in the front line, and although the overland tracks were under continuous heavy shellfire, he never failed to get his parties through. His personal bravery and disregard for saftey inspired his men to carry through an extremely dangerous and difficult task. Again at the capture of the Au Chasseuk Cabaret on the 15th of June, and until the 19th of June, Sergeant-Major Guy was in command of the ration and water party carrying forward to shell-hole positions; and through his personal efforts, gallantry, and devotion to duty, the men in the line were well and regularly fed in spite of intense enemy bombardment." (London Gazette, 1 January 1918, p. 77, Rec. No. 1180) AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
  Citation for Mentioned in Despatches (MID): "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On the night of the 1st/2nd October on Zonnebeke-Kanas Cross Road, an evening attack was expected and Sergeant-Major Guy was sent up to the forward posts with a supply of S.O.S. flares which had just been received - the signal having been altered. Although a very heavy H.E. barrage had been put down on the support line S.M. Guy worked his way through with his party in spite of great personal risk. His fine personal example inspired his men in their task and they delivered the flares without casualties. The signal was used about four hours later and the foward posts near Otto Farm would have been in great danger if the flares had failed to arrive." (London Gazette, 28 December 1917, p. 13575, Rec. No. 1337) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 4 or HMNZT 11 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Athenic AWMM Sergeant AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Company Sergeant Major/Military AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

• Son of John Arliss and Elizabeth Mouter Guy, of Ngatimoti, Nelson. AWMM
• Albert was the eldest of three brothers who served in the First World War. The youngest, Arthur Lawrence Guy (1895-1973) served with the Cyclist Corps and the middle brother Walter Alexander Cochrane Guy (1887-1918) of the Canterbury Infantry Regiment was killed in action on 27 March 1918.
  Public - Paul - Researcher - 21 April 2022 - Military Personnel Files

Death

12 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

Mr. John A. Guy, of Ngatimoto [sic], has received advice that his son, Company Sergeant-Major Albert Hector Guy has been killed in action. He was the second son of Mr. Guy, and left New Zealand with the main body. Mr. Guy has two other sons at the front. Prior to enlisting Albert was farming at Ngatimoti. (Auckland Weekly News, 15 November 1917, p. 21) AWMM

Memorial name

• Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
• Ngatimoti War Memorial, Tasman District, New Zealand AWMM
• Pool of Reflections, National ANZAC Centre, Albany Heritage Park, Western Australia
  Public - Paul - Researcher - 21 April 2022 - National Anzac Centre

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16789772
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Ngatimoti War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/ngatimoti-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/847603/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/847603
  Further Reference
• Netley (Military) Hospital Roll of Remembrance
  https://www.netleyabbeymatters.co.uk/
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Museum Profile
  https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/519
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Lincoln University Living Heritage
  Albert Hector Guy - http://livingheritage.lincoln.ac.nz/nodes/vie
  Public - Eunju - 19 October 2017 - http://livingheritage.lincoln.ac.nz/nodes/view/838

References

• Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
• Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
• McDonald, W. (2001). Honours and awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. Napier, N.Z.: Helen McDonald.
• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 289
• McDonald, W. (2001). Honours and awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. Napier, N.Z.: Helen McDonald.
  McDonald, W. (2001). p. 128.
• Auckland Weekly News
  Obituary: Auckland Weekly News, 15 November 1917, p. 21.
• 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
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• 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. 5: Includes portrait
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• Hickford, Paul, They Marched to War, 2019, pp. 17 & 210.
  Public - Paul - Researcher - 28 April 2021 - Tribute to Bank of New Zealand staff and their families.