Alfred James HOSIE

Regimental number24/2006
OccupationMetal finisher
Next of kinFather, Robert Hosie, 59 Leraud Street, Wellington
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Reinforcements to 1st and 2nd Battalions, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 4 March 1916
Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 5 March 1916.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 16 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord) (Plot II, Row E, Grave No 18), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Susan Alice Hosie, Paraparaumu, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 32

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