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D'Arce Basil Alborough

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Portrait, Private D'Arce Basil Alborough (6/2050) from the Weekly News. Kindly provided by Onward Project, Phil Beattie & Matt Pomeroy. No Known Copyright.

Portrait, Private D'Arce Basil Alborough (6/2050) from the Weekly News. Kindly provided by Onward Pr …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    D'Arce Basil AWMM
  • Surname
    Alborough AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Darce Basil Alborough AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 6/2050 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of Christ AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 28 December 1895 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Nelson, Tasman Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    • 28 December 1895 AWMM Nelson, Tasman AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • William Henry Alborough (father), Waka, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
    • father lived at Wakapuaka, Nelson Public - Peter - Researcher - 5 September 2017 - corrected name of local area
  • Relationship status
    Pre 17 April 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 6/2050 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 10.5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      160 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of William Henry and Sarah Jane Alborough, of Wakapuaka, Nelson.

    Private Alborough was killed in action on Rhododendron Spur during the August Offensive.

    Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 28 July 1915, and posted to 12th Company.
    Killed in action, 7 August 1915.
    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Parents: William Henry and Sarah Jane Alborough, Suburban North, Nelson AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 August 1915 AWMM
    Age 18 AWMM
    Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Nelson War Memorial, Wakapuaka Roll of Honour Public - Peter - Researcher - 5 September 2017 - audit of all Nelson regional Memorials combined with local historical research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
    • Nelson Cenotaph, Anzac Park, Nelson Public - Peter - Researcher - 30 October 2018 - on site

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  • Visited Gallipoli August 2014. Very emotional seeing Great Uncle D'arcy name on memorial at Chunuk Bair. He was 18 yrs of age. No grave for him. What a massive waste of lives, allied and Turkish.
    Public - Jill Lorraine - Other Relative - 10 May 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 7 AWMM
    • Stowers, R. (2005). Bloody Gallipoli: the New Zealanders' story. Auckland, N.Z.: David Bateman. AWMM
    • NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
18 August 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
30 October 2018PeterNelsonResearcher
14 July 2015robynNelsonResearcher
10 May 2015Jill Lorraine Rangiora, New ZealandOther Relative

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