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Albert William Foulds

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  • Service number
    807 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    NZ Mounted Rifles - 3rd Contingent, Rough Riders Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
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South African War Memorial, on a wall near RSA entranceway, Gisborne. "Volunteers from Poverty Bay who served in the Sth African War 1899-1902". Image kindly provided by Paul Baker (December 2008). Image has no known copyright restrictions.

South African War Memorial, on a wall near RSA entranceway, Gisborne. "Volunteers from Poverty Bay w …

Identity

About

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 14 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Albert William AWMM
  • Surname
    Foulds AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    807 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 14 July 2015 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    18 March 1877 Family Lyttelton, Christchurch Family
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    son of William & Emily Elizabeth Beazley Foulds Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 14 July 2015 - Research
  • Address before enlistment
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mother - Mrs Emily Beazley Foulds of Wakarara, HB
    after the war - mother Mrs E E Dorreen of Wakarara Hawkes Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Relationship status
    single Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 July 2015 - Military Record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Diamond Hill, Johannesburg, Orange Free State & Cape Colony Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    NZ Mounted Rifles - 3rd Contingent, Rough Riders Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Service number
    807 AWMM
  • Military service
    1900-1901 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
    July 1900 - transferred to SA Police Recruits Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 July 2015 - Newspaper reports

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    1901 S A Medal with clasps Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 July 2015 - Military Record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Gisborne Freezing Works/Nelson Bros Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    23 yrs 11 mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 July 2015 - Military Record

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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 July 2015 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Father was named William Foulds. AWMM
    • Albert William Forbes - he attended the Tikokino School at a child - His parents William & Emily Foulds of Heavitree Farm in Tikokino area of Central Hawkes Bay. His parents and his sister are buried in the Waipawa Cemetery. His widowed mother married Henry Dorreen in 1901. Here are the records of the Foulds family in the Waipawa Cemetery
      (1) Plaque Installed April 2006 for William FOULDS died 2/8/1898 aged 45 years - drowned in the Makaroro River - Body never found Also Elsie Catherine FOULDS died 8/8/1894 aged 17 months buried at Heavitree (family farm) drowned in family water well
      2) Arthur William FOULDS dearly beloved husband of Florence FOULDS & 4th son of Emily E DORREEN who died 24th May 1928 aged 38 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 July 2015 - Waipawa Cemetery Records
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Death

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  • Death
    28 April 1951 Family
    Hamilton, Waikato Family
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hamilton East Cemetery AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Gisborne's SA Boer War Memorial - refer to attached Document "Gisborne Boys in SA Boer War" Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 July 2015 - Research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    War Memorial Theatre, 159 Bright Street, Gisborne AWMM

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17 July 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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