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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Charles Randal Fitton |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Lance Sergeant |
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| Forename(s): |
Charles Randal |
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| Surname: |
Fitton |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
13/605 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Trooper |
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| Next of Kin: |
M. Fitton (father), Taihape, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Waimiha, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Auckland |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
Main Body |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Auckland Mounted Rifles |
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| Embarkation Date: |
16 October 1914 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Star of India or Waimana |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
232 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Auckland Mounted Rifles |
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| Place of Death: |
Palestine |
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| Date of Death: |
2 April 1918 |
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| Year of Death: |
1918 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Died of wounds |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel |
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| Description of Image: |
- Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918
- Headstone, Jerusalem War Cemetery (Photo Alan and Hazel Kerr, 2007)
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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 |
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