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Alfred John Breach

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Portrait, full length - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, full length - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alfred John AWMM
  • Surname
    Breach AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 22554 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 22554 AWMM
  • Military service
    Territorials 1910-1914 AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Burnham Military Camp AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Aug 1914 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Carpenter/Civilian 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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 feet 10 inches AWMM
    • Died from Natural Causes, Cause of Death AWMM
      Old age AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    4 April 1962 AWMM
    Age 74 AWMM
    Lower Hutt, Wellington AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died from Natural Causes AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Taita Lawn Cemetery, Northern end Rimu Street, Naenae, Lower Hutt, New Zealand AWMM Lawn 182 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • In memory of all those that served.
    Public - David - Other Relative - 24 April 2015
    Report 

Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22278620
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      38: 12 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family 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. 5: Includes portrait AWMM

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24 April 2015DavidAshburtonOther Relative

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