Albert Ernest DOVE

Regimental number9/693
AddressOrawia
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinBrother, W E Dove, Coalstown Lakes via Biggenden, Queensland, Australia
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, 2nd Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 14 December 1914
Members of the 2nd Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, departed on board three ships: HMNZT 13 'Verdala', HMNZT 14 'Willochra', and HMNZT 15 'Knight of the Garter'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankDriver
Final unit13th Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 29 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialAchiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row T, Grave No 7), France
Miscellaneous information from
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Parents: the late Charles and Jessie Dove, Glengarry, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia
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Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Second