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Serjeant ALFRED THORNLEY FIELD

Service Number: 9/1007
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Pioneer Battalion

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

XI. B. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of John A. and A. Emilie Field, of Port Levy, Canterbury, New Zealand; husband of Tui F. D. S. Field, of Palmerston, Otago, New Zealand. Also served in Gallipoli and Egypt.
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Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5572
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