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TALKE, Alfred H L
(Service number 6/561)

Alfred Talke, circa 1914 — (Courtesy of M Seymour, South Canterbury Museum L2015/026.01)

Private A Talke — From" "South Canterbury Roll of Honour", published 1916 by the South Canterbury Caledonian Society. (South Canterbury Museum 17/15)

Temuka War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #01)

Temuka War Memorial dedication inscription, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #05)

Temuka War Memorial plaque, names M-Y, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

MIlford Hall War Memorial Gates in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.11)

Memorial Cross, St John's Church, Temuka, pictured in 2010 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.24 #01)

Opihi College Roll of Honour — Made by Opihi College teacher David Ellena, 2015 (Courtesy of Kate Manson, Opihi College )

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	A.S.W. Cooper (stepfather), Wanganui, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

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	16 September 1915	Age
Place of Death	Mudros to Gallipoli
Cause	Died of disease
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Portianos Military Cemetery, Lemnos, Greece
Memorial Reference	IV. C. 244.
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial; Milford War Memorial; Temuka RSA Roll of Honour; Temuka War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database, August 2013, CWGC.

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