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| Name: | William Henry Attfield |
| Sex: | Male |
| Father: | James Attfield (1840-1898) |
| Mother: | Janet Donovan (c. 1849-1924) |
| Birth | 14 Oct 1877 | Clapham, Surrey |
| Birth fact | 1877 (age 0) | 1877 Dec Q, Wandsworth, 1d/602 |
| Baptism | 14 Jun 1880 (age 2) | St Philip, Battersea, Surrey |
| Census | 1881 (age 3-4) | Living with parents |
| Census | 1891 (age 13-14) | Living with parents |
| Occupation | 14 Oct 1895 (age 18) | Enlisted into Royal Navy for 12 years |
| Occupation | 3 Jan 1899 (age 21) | Deserted from H.M. Navy ship at Auckland, New Zealand |
William Henry Attfield served on the following ships in the period July 1893 to January 1899: Boscawen, Melampus, Vivid I, Defiance, Endymion, Royalist. Discharge: "Run 3.1.99 Auckland NZ".
Deserters from Her Majesty's Service; From H.M.S. "Royalist" at Auckland, 3 January 1899:
WILLIAM HENRY ATTFIELD, A.B., born at Wandsworth, 5 ft. 6 in. high, twenty-two years of age, brown hair, brown eyes, sallow complexion, ship tattooed on left arm.
New Zealand Police Gazette, 18 Jan 1899