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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Arthur Albert Cotton |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Arthur Albert |
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| Surname: |
Cotton |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
57485 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| Place of Birth: |
Australia |
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| First Known Rank: |
Corporal |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Bootmaker |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs M.A. Cotton (mother), 17 Moa Place, Christchurch, New Zealand |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
29th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company |
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| Embarkation Date: |
15 August 1917 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
HMNZT 92 |
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| Vessel: |
Ruahine |
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| Destination: |
Glasgow, Scotland |
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| Nominal Roll Footnotes: |
Born in Australia. |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
70 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
10 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
Ypres, Belgium |
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| Date of Death: |
3 December 1917 |
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| Age at Death: |
29 |
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| Year of Death: |
1917 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Memorial Name: |
Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Arthur Cotton was the son of Alfred and Martha Ann Cotton, of 25 Haast St., Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand. Native of Australia. |
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| Description of Image: |
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 |
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1918
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
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