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Albert Eric Ralston Bagnall

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Portrait of A. E. R. Bagnall. Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1918, v.6, n.2. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of A. E. R. Bagnall. Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1918, v.6, n.2. Image has no known …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Albert Eric Ralston AWMM
  • Surname
    Bagnall AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 49066 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 June 1896 Military personnel file New Zealand Military personnel file
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre Oct 1917 AWMM Mason's Avenue, Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs E. Bagnall (mother), 29 Mason's Avenue, Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    1918 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

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 49066 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 1 October 1917 Military personnel file
    Age 20 AWMM
    Civil servant/Civilian Military personnel file
    Auckland, New Zealand Military personnel file
  • 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
    • 10 July 1918 AWMMWounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
      Gunshot wounds, thigh AWMM
    • Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of Emma and Albert Edward Bagnall, of Herne Bay and later of 33 Sarsfield Street, Ponsonby, Auckland.

      Attended Auckland Grammar School.

      Attended Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland).

      Archives New Zealand Auckland Regional Office - Archives reference - BBAE 1569/12686 - Gunner Albert Eric Ralston Bagnall (died 26 August 1918). Letter to family from France dated 21 August 1918 AWMM
    • Brother of Sergeant George Stevenson BAGNALL 13/271 who died 18 November 1918 aged 31 years Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 3 October 2015 - Own research
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    26 August 1918 Military personnel file
    Age 22 AWMM
    France, Europe Military personnel file
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme, France AWMM VI.B.18. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Third Term, 1918. AWMM
  • Memorial name
    Family plot headstone, Waikaraka Cemetery, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 3 October 2015 - Personal visit
  • Memorial reference
    Area 1 Block G Lot No 73A Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 3 October 2015 - Auckland City Council cemeteries database; http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/cemeteries/cemetery.html

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Turua Roll of Honour, 1914-1918 AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, 65 Jervois Rd, Ponsonby, Auckland 1011 AWMM
    • All Saints Church, 284 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby Auckland 1011 AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • Documents
    • Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      67: 11 AWMM
    • Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School. AWMM
      Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Third Term, 1918. AWMM
    • A.U.C. roll of honour, 1914 - 1920. MSS & Archives E-2, Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services. 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. 2: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions. AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM
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