Alfred NESBIT

Regimental number10/468
Date of birth3 February 1883
Place of birthFeilding
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationButter maker
AddressMakino
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Height5' 5.5"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinJohn Nesbit, Sandon Road, Feilding
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years in the Manchester Rifles, Feilding; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date22 August 1914
Place of enlistmentAwapuni
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankCorporal
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 18), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: M.S.C. Nesbit, Sandon Road, Feilding, Wellington, and the late John Nesbit
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 12 May 1915.

Promoted Corporal, 16 July 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Now believed to be dead'.

War service: 352 days (of which 320 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21379881

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