Albert Joseph SHALDERS

Regimental number9/1735
Addressc/o J Shalders, Enfield, Oamaru
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs P Shalders, Enfield, Oamaru
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, 8th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 13 November 1915
The 8th Reinforcements of the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment left New Zealand on board two aships, HMNZT 35 'Willochra' and HMNZT 36 'Tofua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankBombardier
Final unit12th Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 2 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialAchiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row R, Grave No 10), Pas de Calais, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Pauline Shalders, Enfield, North Otago
Family/military connectionsBrother: 8/102 William Thomas SHALDERS
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Eighth

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