Alfred SHAKESHAFT

Regimental number10/1649
AddressProvincial Hotel, Wanganui
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, Edward Shakeshaft, 12 Wright Street, Widnes, Lancashire, England
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankCorporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Wellington infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 24 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 6), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edmund shakeshaft, 12 Wright Street, Widnes, England, and the late Janet Shakeshaft
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Third