Geboortedatum: 16/02/1895

Geboorteplaats: Tolaga Bay, Uawa, Nieuw-Zeeland

Beroep: Paardenmenner

Land: Nieuw-Zeeland

Strijdmacht: New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Rang: Private

Service nummer: 30153

Dienstneming datum: 15/08/1916

Eenheden:  —  Otago Regiment, 3rd Bn.  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Datum van overlijden: 17/10/1917

Plaats van overlijden: 2nd ANZAC Corps Main Dressing Station, Brandhoek, België

Doodsoorzaak: Died of wounds (D.O.W.)

Leeftijd: 22

British War Medal Medaille — 20/09/1921

Victory Medal Medaille — 28/07/1922

Private Albert Herbert AGNEW ( 3rd Bn. Otago Regiment, 4th New Zealand Brigade, New Zealand Division ) died of his wounds on the 17th of October 1917. That day the 3rd Battalion Otago Regiment was holding a line between the Cemetery and Peter Pan Farm. They encountered heavy German resistance such as artillery barrages and aeroplane attacks. Presumeably during one of these attacks Private Agnew got wounded and was admitted by the New Zealand Field Ambulance. Afterwards they took him to the 2nd ANZAC Corps Main Dressing Station ( A.C.M.D.S. ) near Brandhoek where he eventually died of his injuries (gunshot wound to the back). Private Agnew was buried at Brandhoek New Military Cemetery no.3, where he is still remembered.

Byrne A.E., The Official History of the Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F. in the Great War 1914-1918, (Dunedin, Wilkie & Co, Ltd,), pg. 259-260. Gebruikte bronnen

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/139705

Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=8c40a101-8167-43cc-936b-f435ad316c10

Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7170013

Online Cenotaph (Auckland Museum) https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/c69

The NZEF Project (UNSW Canberra) https://nzef.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=1248