condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Albert James Augustus Birchfield

-
Lay a poppy

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Albert James Augustus AWMM
  • Surname
    Birchfield AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Birchie AWMM
  • Service number
    485624 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    22 February 1905 AWMM Saltwater Creek, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 26 April 1905 AWMM 20 Lonsdale Crescent, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs C.A. Birchfield (wife), 20 Lonsdale Crescent, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 11 January 1944 AWMM Married AWMM
    Married, 2 children AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    485624 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1943 AWMM Tram Driver/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Septic bites, Halyfield Hospital AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Severe dysentery 1944 AWMM

Last known rank

Contribute ›

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Son of George and Frances (nee Walls) Birchfield. Husband of Constance A. (Connie nee Rawcliffe); father of Maureen and Frances

    Married political activist, Communist Party, Connie Rawcliffe 8 August 1936

    Served 2 years 246 days, 216 days in New Zealand

    Promoted to Sergeant in April 1945

    Portraits in uniform and with family in Birchfield, M. (1998). AWMM

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    16 March 1984 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated at Karori Crematorium, Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Albert James Augustus Birchfield by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Albert James Augustus Birchfield

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›
  • External links
    Cemetery Records. Wellington City Council.
    http://www.wellington.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/search/search.php
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 13: WW2 13 AWMM
    • Birchfield, M. (1998). She dared to speak: Connie Birchfield's story. Dunedin, N.Z.: Otago University Press. AWMM
      Birchfield, M. (1998). She dared to speak: Connie Birchfield's story. Dunedin, N.Z.: Otago University Press. p. 112, 113 AWMM
    • Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.