Albert Oliver MARQUET

Regimental number30607
OccupationWool classer
Next of kinMother, Mrs A J Marquet, Monck's Bay, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 21st Reinforcements, Specialists Company, Signal Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 19 January 1917
The Signal Section left on two ships, 'Waitemata' and 'Ulimaroa', on 19 January 1917. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 23 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialNine Elms British Cemetery (Plot VI, Row D, Grave No 15), nr Poperinge, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Alice Marquet, 18 Crescent Road, St Stephen's Avenue, Parnell, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 52, p. 26