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Albert McLaren Heath

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Headstone, Waikumete Cemetery (Photo Paul Baker) - No known copyright restrictions

Headstone, Waikumete Cemetery (Photo Paul Baker) - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Albert McLaren AWMM
  • Surname
    Heath AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Jock AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 4/746 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Post-office, Titirangi, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    C. Heath (brother), 12 Kelsey Park Road, Beckenham, England AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 17 April 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 4/746 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 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
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Accidental death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Accidentally drowned at Nihotupu.

    From Paul Baker's notes: '31 January 1920, 4/746 Cpl. A.M. Heath (Jock), late 4th reinforcements - friend of Hazel Tarlin. The deceased will be accorded a military funeral, which will leave the premises of Watney Sibun, Symonds Street, at 2.30 pm tomorrow, arriving Waikumete Soldiers' Cemetery. Auckland papers.' AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    31 January 1920 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R16793772
    Further Reference
  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 319 AWMM

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