Ernest ALDRED

Regimental number28847
OccupationFarm hand
Next of kinBrother, J Aldred, Franklin Street, Gladstone, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 18th Reinforcements, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 67 Tofua on 11 October 1916
Final rankCorporal
Final unitOtago Infantry Regiment
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


'Operations La Basse Ville 4th and 5th August 1917. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. As a stretcher-bearer this man worked continually until utterly exhausted by carrying out wounded men from the advanced posts across difficult country. On each occasion he had to pass over open ground through heavy shellfire; he did this twice during daylight on the 4th August under observation by the enemy.'
Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', 28 December 1917.

FateKilled in Action 24 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialSucrerie Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row J, Grave No. 40), Colinchamps, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Christina Aldred, Dunedin; Wife: Mrs E.E. Hunt (formerly Aldred), 46 Queen Street, Onehunga
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 43, p. 15