Alfred LARKINS

Regimental number8/891
Date of birth21 May 1894
Place of birthPort Chalmers
OccupationLabourer
AddressCarey's Bay, Port Chalmers
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.3
Height5' 9"
Weight138 lbs
Next of kinAlfred N. Larkins, Carey's Bay, Port Chalmers, Otago
Previous military serviceServed in A company, Coastal Defence, Port Chalmers; at time of NZEF enlistment was serving in the 4th Otago Regiment.
Enlistment date23 August 1914
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Otago Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left Wellington on 16 October 1914 on two ships, HMNZT 9 'Hawke's Bay' and HMNZT 5 'Ruapehu'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitOtago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 20 July 1915
Place of burialPieta Military Cemetery (Plot B, Row II, Grave No 3), Malta
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs A.N. Larkins, Lower Harbour, Port Chalmers
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Admitted to 11th Casualty Clearing Station, Gallipoli, 18 May 1915 (dysentery, rheumatism); transferred to Hospital Ship, 21 May 1915, and admitted to hospital, Malta.

Died of enteric fever, 20 July 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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