Identity
Title
Forenames
Albert Edward AWMM
Surname
Lyford AWMM
Ingoa
Also known as
Service number
Gender
Iwi
Hapū
Waka
Rohe
Religion
Civilian life
Birth
3 November 1882 AWMM AWMM
Date of birth
Place of birth
Birth notes
Address before enlistment
- Pre 17 February 1902 AWMM C/o H. Allridge, Maitai Bank, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
- Pre 11 October 1915 AWMM Fourth Avenue, Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM
Post war occupation
Next of kin on embarkation
- Horace Lyford (brother), Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
- Mrs Gertrude Lyford (wife), Fourth Avenue, Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM
Relationship status
- Pre 12 March 1902 AWMM Single AWMM
- Pre 19 August 1916 AWMM Married AWMM
Married, 4 children AWMM
Service
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Liberation Repatriation
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POW serial number
Medical notes
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 feet 5.5 inches AWMM - Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
10 stone 7 pounds AWMM - Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
Fair AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Blue AWMM - Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Fair AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Admitted to Military Hospital, Tidworth , 29.12.1916 AWMM - Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Accidental death AWMM
Biographical information
Married Gertrude Bruce (spinster) Auckland 16 April 1907
Children Eileen Annie born April 1908; Albert Edward born 31 May 1909; Raymond born 29 March 1911; Gladys Gertrude born 9 September 1913)
Posted to Private 13.10.15
Promoted to Corporal 20.10.15, and Sergeant 1.12.15.
His discharge papers certify that he was transferred to the Reserves on 1 June 1930.
He died from injuries suffered after falling down drunk in 1937 (his service record shows he was often disciplined for being drunk) AWMM
Death
Death
23 March 1937 AWMM
Age 54 AWMM
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Date of death
Age at death
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Cause of death
Death notes
Cemetery
Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Lot E Block 2 Area 47 AWMM
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Obituary
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Sources
External links
Documents
- Stowers, R. (1992). Kiwi versus Boer : the First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers. AWMM
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
38: 6 AWMM - Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2015). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-3). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM
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