Alfred William Alley

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Alfred William AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Alley AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 9872 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Pono

Anglican, Christian AWMM

Whānautanga mai

1891 AWMM

Wāhi Whānau

To Australia at 24 years

Public - Brian - Researcher - 10 July 2016 - AWM Roll of Honour : https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1679055/

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Pre 12 Oct 1915 AWMM 144 Renwick Street, Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs Clara Alley (Aunt), Hikutaia, Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 24 Jan 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 9872 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

4 1/2 years New Zealand Infantry - Discharged when leaving Dominion. AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

• Military Medal (MM) AWMM
  MM awarded 24 April 1917. 'For gallant conduct during enemy attack on Noreuil on the morning of the 15.4.17. Bdr Alley went out and unaided carried in a wounded man a distance of about 200 yards across No Man's Land under enemy machinegun and artillery fire. Later when volunteers were called for to go out as stretcher bearers and bring in the wounded this N.C.O. was the first to volunteer and organised his gun detachment into bearer parties. He set a fine example to the men in his detachment. (SGD) H.B.W. Major- General, Commanding 1st Aust. Division AWMM
• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Te urunga

• WW1 12 Oct 1915 AWMM
  Age  24 AWMM
  Boilermaker/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Gunner/Military Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AIF, Field Artillery Brigade 1, Reinforcement 13 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 17 Dec 1915 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
HMAT A35 - 17-Dec-1915 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Vessel was Berrima AWMM Private Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra 1 Field Artillery Brigade Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Australian Imperial Force (AIF) AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 feet 6 inches AWMM
• Distinguishing marks, Unknown Period AWMM
  old Hernia Scar on left side AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  26 July 1916 : Wounded in action in France (remained at Duty) AWMM
• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Corporal/Military AWMM
Australian Field Artillery, 1st Division, Trench Mortar Battery AWMM

Alfred Alley was the son of Charles and Emily Alley. Brother of C.R. Alley & D.C. Alley.

Next of Kin: Mr C. R. Alley, c/o Parker Lamb, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Matenga

20 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

Bedford House Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium AWMM Enclosure No. 21. D.11 AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
http://www.cwgc.org
Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• AIF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press.