Alfred Thornley Field

Forenames

Alfred Thornley AWMM

Surname

Field AWMM

Service number

WWI 9/1007 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

9 Oct 1887 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Palmerston South, Otago, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs T.F.D.S. Field (wife), Palmerston South, Otago, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 9/1007 AWMM

Military service

Otago Mounted Rifles AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1915-01 Aug 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 25 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti AWMM Sergeant Major AWMM Otago Mounted Rifles AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Alfred Field was the son of John A. and A. Emilie Field, Port Levy, Canterbury. He was the husband of Tui F.D.S. Field, Palmerston, Otago. AWMM

Death

15 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM XI.B.5 AWMM

Memorial name

• Hampden War Memorial Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
• Palmerston War Memorial, East Otago, New Zealand
  Public - Shona - Researcher - 30 January 2018 - Personal Visit

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21002639
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130603.html
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online: Hampden War Memorial
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/hampden-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/553011/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/553011
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 228
• HMNZT 25. The Tahitian tatler : the unofficial organ of that portion of the Fifth Reinforcements on board H.M.N.Z.T. no. 25, Tahiti. (1915). Bombay, India: Printed by the Times Press for the Units of the Fifth New Zealand Reinforcements.