Sergeant Alfred Hulme VC - 23rd Bn, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force

KNOWN GRAVES OF HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN : AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

Name Cyril Royston Guyton,
BASSETT		 Nathaniel Godolphin,
BURSLEM		 James,
CRICHTON		 George Dare,
DOWELL
Rank Lieutenant Colonel Captain Sergeant Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
Force New Zealand Divisional Signal Company 67th Regiment
( Hampshire Regiment )		 2nd Bn Auckland Infantry Regiment Royal Marine Artillery
VC won Chunuk Bair Ridge, Gallipoli, Turkey,
7 August 1915		 Taku Forts, China,
21 August 1860		 Crevecoeur, France,
30 September 1918		 Gulf of Finland,
13 July 1855
London Gaz 15 October 1915 13 August 1861 15 November 1918 24 February 1857
Born Mount Eden, Auckland,
3 January 1892		 Limerick, Ireland,
2 February 1837		 Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland,
15 July 1879		 Chichester, West Sussex, England,
15 February 1831
Died 9 January 1983,
Stanley Point, Devonport		 14 July 1865,
Drowned in the Thames River		 22 September 1961,
Takapuna		 3 August 1910,
Auckland
Grave North Shore Crematorium, Auckland Burslem's body was never recovered following his death by drowning Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland Purewa Cemetery, St John's, Auckland
( image courtesy Kevin McSweeney )
Location
of VC		 Auckland War Memorial Museum Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum, Winchester Auckland War Memorial Museum Royal Marines Museum, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Remarks None None None None

AUCKLAND

Name John Thornton,
DOWN		 John Gildroy,
GRANT		 Alfred Clive,
HULME		 Reginald Stanley,
JUDSON
Rank Ensign Lieutenant Sergeant Major
Force 57th Regiment
( Middlesex Regiment )		 1st Bn, Wellington Infantry Regiment, NZEF 23rd Bn, 2nd NZEF 1st Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, NZEF
VC won Poutoko, New Zealand,
2 October 1863		 Bancourt, France,
1 September 1918		 Maleme, Crete,
20 - 28 May 1941		 Bapaume, France,
26 August 1918
London Gaz 22 September 1864 27 November 1918 14 October 1941 30 October 1918
Born Fulham, London, England,
2 March 1842		 Hawera,
26 August 1889		 Dunedin,
24 January 1911		 Port Albert, Wharehine,
29 September 1881
Died 27 April 1866,
Camp Otahuhu, South Auckland		 25 November 1970,
Auckland		 2 September 1982,
Tauranga		 26 August 1972,
Mount Eden, Auckland
Grave Otahuhu ( Holy Trinity ) Cemetery, South Auckland Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland Dudley Cemetery, Te Puke Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland
Location
of VC		 Not publicly held Puke Ariki ( Taranaki Museum ), New Plymouth
& National Army Museum, Waiouru *		 National Army Museum, Waiouru National Army Museum, Waiouru
Remarks None " Two year rotation between the two museums None DCM, MM

AUCKLAND

Name John,
RYAN		 Leonard, Henry
TRENT

Rank Lance Corporal Group Captain

Force 65th Regiment
( York & Lancaster Regiment )		 Royal New Zealand Air Force
att'd 48 Squadron, Royal Air Force

VC won Cameron Town, New Zealand,
7 September 1863		 Over Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
3 May 1943

London Gaz 16 January 1864 1 March 1946

Born Borrisoleigh, Co Tipperary, Ireland,
1839		 Nelson,
14 April 1915

Died 29 December 1864, Tuakau
( drowned whilst rescuing a comrade )		 19 May 1985,
Auckland

Grave Alexandra Redoubt Cemetery
( grave not marked )		 North Shore Crematorium, Auckland

Location
of VC		 York & Lancaster Regiment Museum, Rotherham Air Force Museum of New Zealand, Wigram

Remarks None DFC

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