Alfred John McCaw

Forenames

Alfred John AWMM

Surname

McCaw AWMM

Also known as

John AWMM

Service number

WWI 23/223 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Matamata, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

John McCaw (father), Matamata, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Battle of the Somme AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 23/223 AWMM

Military service

New Zealand Field Artillery, G Company AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 09 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 30 or HMNZT 31 or HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Rifleman AWMM A Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps AWMM

Alfred McCaw was the second son of John and Frances McCaw, of "Ardwell," River Rd., Hamilton, New Zealand. Native of Matamata, New Zealand

Attended Matamata Public scholl and later Auckland Grammar School.

Next of Kin: Mr J. McCaw, Hamilton, Waikato (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

16 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France AWMM E. 18. AWMM

Obituary

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. 1916. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
• Hamilton Memorial Park, Memorial Drive, Hamilton East, 3216 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• 11 Tainui Street, Matamata, Waikato AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10922832
  Further Reference
• Luxford, J. (1923). With the machine gunners in France and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs. Digital copy
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-Mach.html
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Historic Places Trust Register: Auckland Grammar War Memorial
  http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=4472
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/43950/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/43950
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 436
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  1916, Third term. p.20; also a portrait
• 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
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Luxford, J. (1923). With the machine gunners in France and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 30 - The Periscope : unofficial mouthpiece of the 1st Battalion N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own) and Divisional Ammunition Column -- At sea : Officers & men of the Reinforcement : 1915