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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Robert Edward Donelley |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Robert Edward |
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| Surname: |
Donelley |
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| Also Known As: |
- Joe Donelley
- Robert Edward Donnelly
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
12/973 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Next of Kin: |
Donnelly, Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Kohukohu, New Zealand |
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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: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Star of India or Waimana |
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| Destination: |
Suez,Egypt (3 December 1914) |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
193 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Auckland Infantry Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
Gallipoli, Turkey |
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| Date of Death: |
8 August 1915 |
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| Age at Death: |
27 |
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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
- Family Memorial at Kohukohu Cemetery, Northland
- Kohukohu School (memorial gates, WW1), Hokianga, Northland, New Zealand
- Kohukohu Memorial (Hokianga Arch of Remembrance), Kohukohu, Hokianga, Northland, New Zealand
- Kohukohu Memorial (Hokianga Arch of Remembrance), Kohukohu, Hokianga, Northland, New Zealand
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| Memorial Reference: |
10 |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Kohukohu Memorial and Kohukohu Primary School Gates photographed in 2010 and images donated by G.A. Fortune.
- Son of Thomas William Henry and Harriet Donelley of Kohukohu, Hokianga.
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| Description of Image: |
- Family Memorial at Kohukohu Cemetery, Northland (C.A. Fortune, 2004)
- Memorial gates, Kohukohu School, name panel Begg - Lees (supplied by G.A. Fortune in 2008.)
- Memorial gates, Kohukohu School (supplied by G.A. Fortune in 2008.)
- Kohukohu Memorial (Hokianga Arch of Remembrance), Hokianga Roll of Honour 1914-1918 (supplied by G.A. Fortune in 2008.)
- Kohukohu Memorial (Hokianga Arch of Remembrance) (supplied by G.A. Fortune in 2008.)
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| Additional Information: |
Surname appears as Donnelly in Nominal Rolls, as Donelly in Archives New Zealand |
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