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Alfred Dare

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Pte Alfred Dare (17976), Purewa Cemetery. Image kindly provided by Hugh Grenfell (April 2016). © Auckland Museum CC BY.

Pte Alfred Dare (17976), Purewa Cemetery. Image kindly provided by Hugh Grenfell (April 2016). © Auc …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alfred AWMM
  • Surname
    Dare AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 17976 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    31 May 1871 AWMM Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 17 November 1915 AWMM 21 Manukau Road, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Emma Jane Dare (wife), 21 Manukau Road, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
    Married, 4 children AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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 foot 3 inches AWMM
    • Tattoos, Unknown Period AWMM
      on left forearm AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Left arm debility, attributed to lifting heavy weights AWMM
    • Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
      Illness AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Alfred Dare was the son of Thomas and Hannah Dare. He was the husband of Emma Jane Dare (nee Jones), 64 Burnely Terrace, Mt Albert, Auckland.

    Listed by NZSG for World War 1, as 2nd Reserves.

    Attested voluntarily 4 times, served for short periods, discharged as over age. Pensioned with disability attributed to work in service. Age dates on attestations vary. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    6 April 1920 AWMM
    Age 51 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Sickness AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Block E, Row 47, Grave 30. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    The Borough of Newmarket War Memorial, Auckland Council Archives AWMM

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