LOACH, Albert Edward
(Service number 6/1172)
| First Rank | Lieutenant Colonel | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 26/10/1876 | Place of Birth | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 17 Hewitt's Road, Christchurch | ||
| Occupation | Commercial traveller | ||
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| Marital Status | Married. Six children | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs A. E. LOACH (wife), 17 Hewitt's Road, Merivale, Christchurch | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
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| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or thenic | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Death
| Date | 27 December 1955 | Age | 79 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Albert Edward Loach was born 9n 26 October 1876 at Birmingham, Warwickshire, Englad, the only surviving child of Thomas Edward Loach and his first wife, Catherine née Swasbrook. Catherine died in 1878 and three years later Thomas married Emily Spriggs Jones. Thomas and Emily had three sons born in New South Wales, Australia. Sometime before 1896 the family came to New Zealand and lived for a time at Geraldine. Albert's half-brother. George Wallace Loach, was killed in action in 1915 at Gallipoli.Albert also served in the South African War with the New Zealand troops.In 1900 he was a plumber living at Geraldine. Albert married Jessie Ellinor Smith in 1901 at Christchurch; They had six children born in Christchurch - Albert Cyril, Alfred Edward, Jessie Catherine, Ellis Clifford, Agnes Elinor and Phyllis Gwendoline, a seventh child dying soon after birth. Albert was involved with the military both before and after the war, an officer greatly admired and respected. he had joined the Geraldine Rifles in 1898-99. When he was wounded at the Dardanelles he lost his left leg.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [10 March 2017]; Press, 08 May 1915, Otago Daily Times, 24 May 1915, Sun, 5 July 1915 (Papers Past) [08 March 2017]; NZ Electoral Rolls (ancestry.com.au) [28 May 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [28 May 2017]; Who's Who in New Zealand, 1925
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