WYATT, Alfred Henry
(Service number 78590)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 26 December 1897 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Victoria Street,Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Printer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | A. WYATT (father), Victoria Street, Timaru | ||
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 | 40th Reinforcements, A Company | ||
| Date | 10 July 1918 | ||
| Transport | HMS Tahiti | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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| Last Unit Served With | NZ Rifle Brigade | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 29 August 1973 | Age | 75 years |
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| Place of Death | Auckland | ||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated, ashes interred Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Alfred Henry Wyatt was the first-born and only son of Alfred Henry and Jane Bruce (Jeannie, née Coram) Wyatt. Young Alfred was educated at Timaru South School. His mother died in January 1917. He married Ivy Eveline Wright on 6 September 1922 at Chalmers Church, Timaru. Sometime after Ivy's death in 1956, he married Doris Ivy, who was next-of-kin at his death. Alfred was a nephew of George Wyatt and Henry Valentine Wyatt, who both enlisted for World War I.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [30 December 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [29 December 2019]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [29 December 2019]; Waikumete Cremation & Burial record (Auckland Council) [29 December 2019]
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