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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Ralph Amundsen |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Ralph |
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| Surname: |
Amundsen |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
10/878 |
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| Place of Birth: |
Woodville, Manawatu, New Zealand |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Next of Kin: |
A.B. Amundsen (father), Owhango, King-country, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Owhango, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Auckland |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
Main Body |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Wellington Infantry Battalion |
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| Embarkation Date: |
16 October 1914 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Limerick or Arawa |
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| Destination: |
Suez,Egypt (3 December 1914) |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
12 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Wellington Infantry Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
Daisy Patch, Gallipoli, Turkey |
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| Date of Death: |
8 May 1915 |
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| Age at Death: |
19 |
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| Year of Death: |
1915 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Memorial Name: |
Twelve Tree Copse (New Zealand) Memorial, Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Helles, Turkey |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Son of A. B. and Annie Mabel Amundsen, of Waharoa, Hamilton.
- Private Amundsen was presumed killed in action at the Daisy Patch after being reported missing on 8 May 1915
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| Description of Image: |
- Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915
- Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
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