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MITCHELL, Alfred
(Service number 68544)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	24 February 1888	Place of Birth	Waitohi Flat, Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date	14 September 1917	Age	29 years 7 months
Address at Enlistment	Hilton, Temuka
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs Jessie MITCHELL (wife), Hilton, Temuka
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 6 inches. Weight 126 lbs. Chest measurement 32½-35½ inches. Complexion fresh. Eyes grey. Hair fair. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinted. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Slight ..... Class A.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	36th Reinforcements, B Company
Date	23 April 1918
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Southampton, Hampshire, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	30 January 1918 and 17 September 1919	Reason	On termination of period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	21 March 1969	Age	81 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 24 March 1969
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 265, Plot 894
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Alfred Mitchell was the youngest son of Eli Pain and Harriet (née Horsman) Mitchell. He married Jessie Cunningham on 3 June 1915 at Hilton. A daughter Marion Annie Mitchell was born on 5 March 1918 at Geraldine. Alfred's brother Jethro Mitchell died of wounds in 1917.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum cenotaph Database [01 August 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5549 0081622) [02 August 2016]; Timaru Herald, 24 March 1969 (Timaru District Library) [02 August 2016]

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