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Full Name
Alfred Charles Sherlock
Rank Last Held
Private
Forename(s)
Alfred Charles
Surname
Sherlock
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
34447
First Known Rank
Private
Occupation before Enlistment
Clerk
Next of Kin
A. Sherlock (father), Bowen Street, Parawai, Thames, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Unit
20th Reinforcements E Company
Embarkation Date
2 January 1917
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
HMNZT 73
Vessel
Opawa
Destination
London, England (27 March 1917)
Nominal Roll Number
49
Page on Nominal Roll
8
Last Unit Served
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1 Battalion
Place of Death
Ypres, Belgium
Date of Death
4 October 1917
Age at Death
20
Year of Death
1917
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Cemetery Name
Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave Reference
LV.B.20.
Biographical Notes
Son of Alfred and Mary Gertrude Sherlock, of Collarbone Spur, Thames.
Description of Image
  • Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918
  • 3 soldiers (from left to right) Edwin James Sherlock (12/458), Lawrence Arthur Sherlock (21104), and Alfred Charles Sherlock (34447).
Further References
Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
Sources Used
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917