Allen Victor EADE

Regimental number15843
Date of birth26 June 1895
Place of birthFeilding
ReligionBaptist
OccupationCabinetmaker
Next of kinAlfred S B Eade, Manchester Street, Feilding
Enlistment date7 February 1916
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 6th Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Waitemata on 26 July 1916
Final rankCorporal
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Place of burialMessines Ridge British Cemetery (Special Memorial C. 8.), Belgium
Medals

Mentioned in Despatches

'For conspicuous gallantry in assaulting a machine gun crew and capturing the gun during the Battle of Messines on 7th June 1917. When the advance was threatened by machine gun fire from cover, he led his section into our own barrage, bombed the crew of the machine gun, and carried the gun further on. He was killed while getting the gun into action.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 28 December 1917

Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 37, p. 16
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20999839