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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Douglas Horatio Dumbleton |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Lance Corporal |
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| Forename(s): |
Douglas Horatio |
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| Surname: |
Dumbleton |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
39778 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| First Known Rank: |
Corporal |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Crane driver |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs Ella Louise Dumbleton (wife), 154b Taranaki Street, Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Reinforcements J Company |
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| Embarkation Date: |
2 April 1917 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
HMNZT 80 |
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| Vessel: |
Corinthic |
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| Destination: |
Plymouth, England |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
57 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
34 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, J Company, 3rd |
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| Place of Death: |
Ypres, Belgium |
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| Date of Death: |
12 October 1917 |
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| Age at Death: |
28 |
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| Year of Death: |
1917 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Passchendaele New British Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
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| Grave Reference: |
XV. B. 21. |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Son of Mrs. Mary Dumbleton, of 34, Ponsonby Rd., Auckland, New Zealand; husband of the late Ellen Louise Dumbleton. |
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| Description of Image: |
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 |
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| Archives NZ source: |
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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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