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Full Name: Private Francis Wrobleske
Rank Last Held: Private
Forename(s): Francis
Surname: Wrobleske
Also Known As: Wrobleski
War: World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.: 32977
First Known Rank: Rifleman
Occupation before Enlistment: Miner
Next of Kin: Mrs Bertha Wrobleski (mother), Kanieri, Westland, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation: New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Embarkation Unit: 10th Reinforcements 4th Battalion, H Company
Embarkation Date: 15 November 1916
Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand
Transport: HMNZT 68
Vessel: Maunganui
Destination: Plymouth, England
Nominal Roll Number: 45
Page on Nominal Roll: 33
Last Unit Served: Canterbury Infantry Regiment
Place of Death: Ypres, Belgium
Date of Death: 28 December 1917
Year of Death: 1917
Cause of Death: Killed in action
Description of Image: Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918
Further References: Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
Additional Information: This person is listed as Wrobleski in the Nominal Roll
Sources Used: Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917
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