Alfred Joseph HANCOCK

Regimental number8/4134
OccupationClerk
Next of kinWife, Mrs Leah Hancock, 5 Bowen Street, Kensington, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
The Infantry component of the 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' and HMNZT 50 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives the date of departure as 1 April 1916; harbour records indicate that the actual date of embarkation was 2 April 1916.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 19 June 1917
Place of burialTrois Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row P, Grave No 31), Steenwerck, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mrs L. Hancock, Kensington, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 14