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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Alfred Alexander McArthur |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Sergeant |
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| Forename(s): |
Alfred Alexander |
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| Surname: |
McArthur |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| Place of Birth: |
Australia |
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| First Known Rank: |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Engineering cadet |
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| Next of Kin: |
- Mrs J.J. McArthur (mother), Francis Street, Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Mrs J.J. McArthur (mother), Francis Street, Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
2 Rixon Grove, Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Wellington |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
- Samoan Advance Party
- New Zealand Expeditionary Force
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| Embarkation Unit: |
- 5th (Wellington) Regiment
- 11th Reinforcements Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
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| Embarkation Date: |
- 15 August 1914
- 1 April 1916
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| Place of Embarkation: |
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Wellington, New Zealand
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
- Moeraki or Monowai
- Maunganui or Tahiti
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| Destination: |
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| Nominal Roll Footnotes: |
Born in Australia. |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Wellington Infantry Regiment |
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| Place of Death: |
Somme, France |
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| Date of Death: |
2 July 1916 |
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| Year of Death: |
1916 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Memorial Name: |
Cite Bonjean (New Zealand) Memorial, Armentieres, Nord, France |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Sergeant McArthur may have died on the night of 2/3 July 1916 at Armentieres when the New Zealand Rifle Brigade relieved the 6th Australian Brigade in the Rue Marle sector. A very heavy bombardment of Armentieres made relief difficult, with artillery on both sides being more intense than anything previously experienced by the New Zealanders. |
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| Additional Information: |
Date of death listed as between 02/07/1916 and 03/07/1916 by CWGC |
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
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