GARLAND, Alfred Sotham
(Service number 35775)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 16 July 1896 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Waimate | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Next of Kin | A. GARLAND (father), Seaview, Waimate | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 23rd Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 19 April 1917 | ||
| Transport | Moeraki, transferred to Port Sydney at Sydney | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 27 October 1971 | Age | 75 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Waimate Lawn Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Alfred Sotham Garland wasborn on 16 July 1896 at Waimate, the second son of Alfred and Edith Mary (née Sotham) Garland. He married Elizabeth Gladys Dixon in 1920. His father was a retired captain of the Territorial Force, South Canterbury Mounted Rifles. A few years after Edith Mary Garland died (1931), Alfred senior married Ethel Constance Rogers, a sister of Victor Rogers who was killed in action in 1918. Alfred Sotham Garland's older brother, Edward Garland, died of wounds in 1916.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [09 November 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [09 November 2018]; Waimate Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [11 November 2018]
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