SHERRATT, Alfred Samuel
(Service number 58128)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank | Trooper |
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Birth
| Date | 20/10/1895 | Place of Birth | Oamaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Geraldine | ||
| Occupation | Teamster | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | N. SHERRATT (father), Geraldine | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
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| Date | 13 November 1917 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 31 July 1971 | Age | 75 years |
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| Place of Death | Geraldine | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Geraldine Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Alfred Samuel Sherratt was the oldest of the family of Noah and Sarah Jane (née Rusbatch) Sherratt. He was educated at Geraldine District High School. Alfred was a groom and driver at Geraldine when he was called up. Trooper A. S Sherratt returned to New Zealand from Egypt per the troopship “Ellenga”, embarking at Suez on 23 July 1919 and arriving in late August. He married Roseanna Mary Peterson in 1922.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 April 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [April 2020]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [07 April 2020]; Geraldine Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [07 April 2020]; Sun, 16 August 1919 (Papers Past) [04 April 2020]
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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG
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