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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Private John Smith |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
John |
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| Surname: |
Smith |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
12/943 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Next of Kin: |
Smith (father), Waikumete, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Waikumete, 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 Infantry Battalion |
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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: |
675 |
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| Campaigns: |
Battle of Messines |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Auckland Infantry Regiment |
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| Place of Death: |
Belgium |
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| Date of Death: |
7 June 1917 |
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| Year of Death: |
1917 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Further References: |
Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option. |
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| Additional Information: |
New Zealand at the Front ( a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division) 1917 issue, page141. |
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| Sources Used: |
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919 |
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