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Alfred George Pillenger

1880-1959

Unit

Main Body

Rank

Driver

Serial

5/897

About

Born in New Zealand

22 February 1880
Residence

Hometown

Auckland
Work

Occupation

Motor-driver

Employer

Own
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

K. B. Pillinger

Army Experience

  • South African War (1899-1902)

    1.5 years

  • New Zealand Volunteers

    5 years in New Zealand

    • World War I (1914-1918)

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    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 79

    8 December 1959

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5550 26/0093089, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 8.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Alfred George Pillenger (1880-1959)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/682

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