Albert James Hargest

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of James and Mary Hargest, of Mandeville, Southland, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
Relatives Who Are Also Casualties:
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Albert's son, Brigadier James Hargest was killed in WW2 and is buried at Hottot-les-Bagues cemetery. James' elder son Geoffrey is buried at Cassino, Italy, and younger son, Peter at Woodlands Cemetery, near Invercargill, killed  while serving with the Fijian Defence Force during the Malaya Emergency.

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
8/3285
Name:
Albert James Hargest
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Mary Hargest (mother), Mandeville, Southland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Gore, New Zealand
Unit:
NZEF, Otago Regiment, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
25 September 1916
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
28
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
8th Reinforcements
Embarkment Date:
13 November 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 35
HMNZT 36
Vessel:
Willochra or Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt (18 December 1915)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
II. L. 12.
Cemetery Location: 
France
Albert James Hargest
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