Alfred John LOVATT

Regimental number14446
OccupationMarket gardener
Next of kinUncle, W Edwards, 19 Albion Street, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 14th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 26 June 1916
The Infantry component of the 14th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunaganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankSergeant
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 2 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialGrevillers British Cemetery (Plot XV, Row E, Grave No 8), nr Bapaume, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Lavinia Lovatt, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 4