Alfred John Wooster
Birth: 21 December 1888, Waipawa, New Zealand
Death: 11 June 1966, Haumoana, New Zealand Tree Gravestone
Service Number: 25/250
Enlistment Date: 12 October 1915
Enlistment Place: Trentham
Occupation Before Enlistment: Rabbiter
First Known Rank: Rifleman
Enlistment Documents (note the wrong DOB):
Body on Embarkation: New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Embarkation Unit: 3rd Battalion, B Company
Embarkation Date: 5th February 1916
Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand
Transport:
HMNZT42,
HMNZT43,
HMNZT44
Vessel: Ulimaroa, Mokoia or Navua
Destination: Suez, Egypt
Casualty Form & service records (including a letter sent to the Abbotsford Lodge detailing Alfred's active service):
Medals Awarded: British War Medal, Victory Medal:
Discharge Certificate:
Nominal Roll Number: 24, Page on Nominal Roll: 9
Archives NZ Source: Military Personnel File
Sources: Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917, Auckland Museum, The National Library of New Zealand
Military Section