His story
Alfred Ernest Trevarthen, also recorded as Trevarthan, was the son of Hannah Bremner of Pembroke, New Zealand. The reinforcement roll records him with the Veterinary Corps in the Second Reinforcements.
He served as a corporal and died in Egypt on 14 July 1915, aged nineteen. He was buried at Chatby, Alexandria. The Australian War Memorial preserves a contemporary photograph of his original grave marker.
Before the war
- Nationality
- New Zealand service
- Family
- Mother: Hannah Bremner, Pembroke
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Corporal
- Service number
- 17/202
- Corps or service
- New Zealand Veterinary Corps
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 14 July 1915
- Age
- 19
- Place of death
- Egypt
- Cemetery or memorial
- Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
Connected men
- Harry HARDINGAlso buried at Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
- William HODGESAlso buried at Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
- William James JONESAlso buried at Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
- Charles Henry LAMBERTAlso buried at Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
Sources and further reading
- Australian War Memorial — GRAVE PHOTOGRAPH
- ADFA transcription of the Second Reinforcements veterinary roll
- Bloody Gallipoli casualty appendix
- CWGC war dead search
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Alfred Ernest Trevarthen”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/alfred_ernest_trevarthen/.
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