Alfred Ernest Hedges

Forenames

Alfred Ernest AWMM

Surname

Hedges AWMM

Also known as

• Bombardier AWMM
• Bomby AWMM

Service number

• 60 AWMM
• 32565 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

• 13 Dec 1874 AWMM
• 13 Dec 1874 AWMM

Address before enlistment

• Pre 21 Oct 1899 AWMM Unknown AWMM
• Pre 26 Jul 1916 AWMM Shakespeare Wharf, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

Post war occupation

• Clerk of Public Works on Central Railway at Taihape/Civilian AWMM
• Stationery Emporium in Taihape AWMM
• Registrar/Civilian AWMM
  Registrar of births, deaths and marriages in Taihape AWMM

Next of kin

• Mrs Sarah Hedges (mother), 25 Barnard Street, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Grace C. Hedges (wife), 118 Dixon Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 21 Oct 1899 AWMM Single AWMM
• Pre 09 Jun 1917 AWMM Married AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• Relief of Kimberley AWMM
• Paardeberg AWMM
• Driefontein AWMM
• 24 May 1900-31 May 1902 AWMM Transvaal AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• 60 AWMM
• 32565 AWMM

Military service

• South Canterbury Mounted Rifles AWMM
• Manawatu Mounted Rifles AWMM
• Nelson National Reserve AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Queen's South Africa Medal (Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal clasps) AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

• South Africa 21 Oct 1899 AWMM
  Age  24 AWMM
  Farmer/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 26 Jul 1916 AWMM
  Age  41 AWMM
  Secretary to the Diocese of Nelson AWMM

Embarkation details

• South Africa Vessel was Waiwera AWMM Private AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1st Contingent, 1 Company AWMM 1st Contingent AWMM
• WW1 09 Jun 1917-16 Aug 1917 AWMM
  HMNZT 85 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Sergeant Major AWMM 26th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 11.5 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  12 stone 4 pounds AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  12 stone 10 pounds AWMM
• Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

• South Africa 9 Jan 1900 AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
  New Zealand Mounted Rifles AWMM
• WW1 Sergeant AWMM
  Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Son of Sarah and the late George Hedges; husband of Grace C. Hedges, of Nelson

During the war in South Africa Hedges was present at Kimberley and detached for duty on fit horses in February 1900. He departed South Africa aboard the S.S. 'Orient' as Lance-Corporal. (Stowers, p.165)

His father was named George Hedges. AWMM

Death

13 Dec 1917 AWMM
Age  41 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

• Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XXVII. DD. 12 AWMM
• Lijssenthoek Cemetery AWMM

Memorial name

Remembered on the Cenotaph at Anzac Park in Nelson

Public - Peter - Researcher - 23 April 2018 - on site

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20520713
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference
• SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour)
  https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=1588
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  66: 9
• St Clair Inglis, A. (c1902). Souvenir Album of the first New Zealand Contingent South African War. Auckland, N.Z.: Arthur Cleave & Co.
• Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.