Albert James Hargest

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Son of James and Mary Hargest, of Mandeville, Southland, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

Archives New Zealand

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Albert's son, Brigadier James Hargest was killed in WW2 and is buried at Hottot-les-Bagues cemetery. James' elder son Geoffrey is buried at Cassino, Italy, and younger son, Peter at Woodlands Cemetery, near Invercargill, killed while serving with the Fijian Defence Force during the Malaya Emergency.

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Casualty

Service Number:

8/3285

Name:

Albert James Hargest

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Mrs Mary Hargest (mother), Mandeville, Southland, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

Gore, New Zealand

Unit:

NZEF, Otago Regiment, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

25 September 1916

Day of Death:

Monday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

8th Reinforcements

Embarkment Date:

13 November 1915

Transport:

HMNZT 35
HMNZT 36

Vessel:

Willochra or Tofua

Destination:

Suez, Egypt (18 December 1915)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers

Cemetery Reference:

II. L. 12.

Cemetery Location:

France