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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Private Gerald Innes Atkinson |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Gerald Innes |
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| Surname: |
Atkinson |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
8/2250 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Next of Kin: |
A.H. Atkinson, Box 34, Feilding, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Hadfield Hostel, Kelburn, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Wellington |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
- Samoan Relief Force
- 4th Reinforcements
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Otago Infantry Battalion |
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| Embarkation Date: |
- 27 March 1915
- 17 April 1915
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| Place of Embarkation: |
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Wellington, New Zealand
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
- Talune
- Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo
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| Destination: |
- Apia, Samoa (29 August 1914)
- Suez, Egypt (25 May 1915)
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
Vol1 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
23 |
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| Campaigns: |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Otago Infantry Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
Gallipoli, Turkey |
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| Date of Death: |
7 August 1915 |
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| Age at Death: |
21 |
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| Year of Death: |
1915 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Memorial Name: |
Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey |
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| Memorial Reference: |
15 |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Embarked for a second time with the 4th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, on 17 April 1915, arriving at Suez, Egypt on 25 May 1915.
- "Went with the Expeditionary Force to Samoa, and, on returning to New Zealand, again volunteered for active service. He was reported wounded and missing on August 8th, 1915, but private information received since seems to remove all doubt that he was killed in action on that date." (In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School])
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| Description of Image: |
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 |
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| Further References: |
- In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School], Wanganui Chronicle Co. Ltd. [printer], Wanganui, 1919[?]
- 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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| Sources Used: |
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919 |
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