Albert EADY

Regimental number8/4118
Date of birth24 April 1883
Place of birthMillers Flat
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStationary engine driver
Next of kinBrother-in-law, Isaac Lawson, Locomotive Railway Department, Dunedin
Enlistment date16 December 1915
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
The Infantry component of the 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' and HMNZT 50 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives the date of departure as 1 April 1916; harbour records indicate that the actual date of embarkation was 2 April 1916.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNo 2 New Zealand Entrenching Battalion
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 7 November 1918
Discharge date16 January 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death23 January 1948 Auckland
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 14
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20999722