Alfred James TORRENS

Regimental number23/2292
OccupationCarpenter
Next of kinFather, John Torrens, Kingsland Avenue, Auckland
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 5th Reinforcements to 1st Battalion, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
5th Reinforcements to 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, E Company, left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 18 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot II, Row H, Grave No 40), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Agnes Torrens, Nelson
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 27, p. 4