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Walter Rochfort

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Walter AWMM
  • Surname
    Rochfort AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Walter Rochfort AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 3/802 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 20 Rugby Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs M.A. Rochfort (mother), 20 Rugby Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs M.A. Rochfort (mother), 20 Rugby Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 10 July 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 3/802 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Walter Rochfort was the brother of Frank Rochfort, of Hokitika, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    18 June 1917 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France AWMM I. P. 33 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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26 September 2018RonPalmerston North New Zealand Researcher

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