Alfred Shields

Forenames

Alfred AWMM

Surname

Shields AWMM

Also known as

Alfred Shields AWMM

Service number

WWI 51995 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Pre Feb 1917 AWMM Queen's Boarding House, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 R. Shields (father), Brentwood, Puerua, Otago, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 51995 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 28 Feb 1917 Military personnel file
Age  22 AWMM
Fireman/Military Military personnel file

Embarkation details

WW1 09 Jun 1917-16 Aug 1917 Military personnel file
HMNZT 85 Military personnel file Vessel was Willochra AWMM Rifleman Military personnel file 26th Reinforcements G Company (part) Military personnel file New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman Military personnel file
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion Military personnel file

Alfred Shields was the son of Robert and Ella Shields, of Brentwood, Puerua, Otago, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

18 Feb 1918 Military personnel file
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM IV. A. 13. AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7816727
  Sources Used
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/161202/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/161202
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  66: 23
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Information kindly provided by family
• 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 85. The straggler's echo : an unreliable record of the 26th Reinforcements on board H.M. Troopship. [1917]. Capetown: Cape Times Printers.