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Full Name
Alfred Thornley Field
Rank Last Held
Sergeant
Forename(s)
Alfred Thornley
Surname
Field
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
9/1007
Gender
Male
First Known Rank
Sergeant Major
Next of Kin
Mrs T.F.D.S. Field (wife), Palmerston South, Otago, New Zealand
Marital Status
Married
Enlistment Address
Palmerston South, Otago, New Zealand
Military District
Otago
Body on Embarkation
5th Reinforcements
Embarkation Unit
Otago Mounted Rifles
Embarkation Date
13 June 1915
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
Vessel
Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima
Destination
Suez, Egypt (24 July - 6 August 1915)
Nominal Roll Number
Vol1
Page on Nominal Roll
228
Other Units
Otago Mounted Rifles
Campaigns
  • Gallipoli
  • Egypt
  • France
Last Unit Served
Pioneer Battalion
Place of Death
Somme, France
Date of Death
15 September 1916
Age at Death
29
Year of Death
1916
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Cemetery Name
Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France
Grave Reference
XI.B.5
Memorial Name
Hampden War Memorial Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand
Biographical Notes
Alfred Field was the son of John A. and A. Emilie Field, Port Levy, Canterbury. He was the husband of Tui F.D.S. Field, Palmerston, Otago.
Description of Image
Hampden War Memorial (photo M. Sole, 1999)
Archives NZ source
Military personnel file
NZETC
New Zealand Electronic Text Centre Topic Page
Further References
Sources Used
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919