• Born: 4 May 1886, Port Ahuriri, Napier, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand ²
• Marriage (1): Ethel May RAWLINSON on 26 December 1918 in Caversham, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
• Died: 23 November 1926, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand at age 40

  General Notes

Father:  Edwin Charles Polkinghorne (b. 19 Feb 1846 in Devonport, Devon, England; m. 1885 in Sydney, New South Wales, Austrlia; d. 26 Oct 1924 in Wellington, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand)

Mother:  Elizabeth Bluitt (b. County Cork, Ireland; d. 13 May 1943 in Wellington, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand)

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  Recorded Events in His Life

• He was Roman Catholic. ²

• During World War I, Alfred served in the military in the New Zealand Army as an Honorary Captain in the Samoan Relief Wireless Unit in 1917-1918. ²
  
  New Zealand Expeditionary Forces, attested 27 Sept 1917. Samoan Relief Wireless Unit. Rank: Honorary Captain; Service No. 66230. Took over duties as Officer in Charge of the Wireless Station in Samoa. Served for nearly a year. Medically boarded and found unfit for service in Samoa (concussion and general debility). Discharged 13 Sept 1918. Received the British War Medal.

• He resided at 45 Hawkes Street in Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand before 27 September 1917. ²

• He worked as a Sub Telegraph Engineer before 27 September 1917 in Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. ²

Alfred married Ethel May RAWLINSON on 26 December 1918 in Caversham, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand. (Ethel May RAWLINSON was born on 17 May 1895 in North East Valley, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand and died on 16 February 1970 in Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.)