Forenames

Albert Edward AWMM

Surname

Graham AWMM

Service number

WWI 24/769 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Terrace Street, Block 27, Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

William Graham (father), Terrace Street, Block 27, Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM
• 1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 24/769 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 09 Oct 1915-22 Nov 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 31 AWMM Vessel was RMS Tahiti AWMM Rifleman AWMM C Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 10" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  162 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Graham, of Terrace St., Thames.

Brothers Albert Edward Graham (24/769) and James Graham (12/3654) served in WW1

Next of Kin: Mr W. Graham, Terrace St, Thames (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

12 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  31 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
• Family grave memorial, Shortland Public Cemetery, Thames, Thames-Coromandel District, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16787752
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/847584/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/847584
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Museum Profile
  https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/438
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
• Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
• New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Roll of Honour. (1923). Wellington, N.Z.: Ministry of Defence.
• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 275
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 31 - Tahiti Magazine. [1915]. [Troops on board H.M.N.Z.T. No. 31, Tahiti] [On board ship].