Alphonso Leo HYNES

Regimental number12/4021
OccupationDraper
Next of kinMother, Mrs E N Hynes, c/o Collins Bros and Co Limited, Wyndham Street, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 10th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
The Infantry component of the 10th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships ('Willochra' and 'Tofua'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives 5 March 1916 as the date of embarkation; harbour records indicate 5 March 1916 as the actual date of departure.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit16th (Waikato) Company, 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 15 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialLondon Cemetery and Extension (Plot 7, Row F, Grave No 28), Longueval, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late John Francis and Elizabeth Mary Hynes, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 8