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HOWE, Alfred
(Service number 48956)

Aliases
First Rank Rifleman Last Rank Rifleman

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Miss Lillian Howe (sister), King St, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation NZEF
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 26th Reinforcements G Company (part)
Date 9 June 1917
Transport Willochra
Embarked From Wellington, New Zealand Destination Devonport, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With NZ Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion A Company

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
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 Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 30 August 1918 Age 35
Place of Death Bapaume, France
Cause Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France
Memorial Reference I. D. 13
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

Son of Thomas & Mercy Howe, Timaru

Sources

Cenotaph Mar 2014

External Links

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Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald

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