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Alfred Gault

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Gault, of 52, Franklin Rd., Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

New Zealand Lightweight Boxing champion in 1911 and 1912, Ponsonby’s Private Alf Gault served with the Auckland Regiment at Gallipoli. Some of that time as a runner with the HQ staff and reportedly wounded by shrapnel in May 1915. Evacuated to the Western Front, he was fatally wounded at the Somme in October 1916, after volunteering for front line duty. Interred in Thistle Dump Cemetery, Longueval. He was posthumoustly awarded the Gold Medal of Serbia, for bravery and services to that country while serving at Gallipoli. The award was collected by his father at a ceremony held at the Auckland Town Hall on the 16th August 1917.
 

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Casualty

Service Number: 
1211470
Name:
Alfred Gault
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
R. Gault (father), 52 Franklin Road, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Auckland Regiment, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Date of Death:
26 September 1916
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Main Body
Embarkation Place:
Auckland, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
16 October 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 8
HMNZT 12
Vessel:
Star of India or Waimana
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Thistle Dump Cemetery, High Wood, Longueval.
Cemetery Reference: 
D. 18.
Cemetery Location: 
France
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