Frank Wakefield Boucher
Born 22 Jul 1881 - Died 12 Oct 1917
- Service number
- WWI 7/819 AWMM
- Also known as
- Frank AWMM
- Frank Boucher AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Frank Wakefield AWMM
- Surname
- Boucher AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Frank AWMM
- Frank Boucher AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 7/819 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Presbyterian, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 22 Jul 1881 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Date of birth
- 22 July 1891Public - Julian Margaret - Other Relative - 8 April 2015 - Birth Certificate
- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Pre 22 Dec 1914 AWMM Mount Somers, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
- WW1 Pre 04 Mar 1916 AWMM Mount Somers, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 John Wakefield Boucher (father), Springburn, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
- WW1 John Wakefield Boucher (father), Springburn, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 7/819 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 22 Dec 1914 AWMM
Age 23 AWMM
Shepherd/Civilian AWMM - WW1 Shepherd/Civilian AWMM
- WW1 22 Dec 1914 AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 17 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Trooper AWMM Canterbury Mounted Rifles AWMM 3rd Reinforcements AWMM - WW1 04 Mar 1916-08 Apr 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 47 or HMNZT 48 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Tofua AWMM Trooper AWMM 10th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, C Squadron AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
- WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 foot 6.5 inches AWMM - Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
141 pounds AWMM - Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Dark yellow AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Blue AWMM - Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
Fair AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Invalided to New Zealand 23 September 1915 AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Wounded October 1916 admitted No 1 Canadian General Hospital AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
19 March 1917 Admitted 24th General Hospital, Etaples Rubella AWMM - Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, WWI AWMM
5' 6.5" AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
141 lb AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Frank Boucher was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Boucher, of Methven, Canterbury.
War service: Egypt
SuppNom: Ex 3rd Reinforcements. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 12 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age 26 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22277981
Further Reference - https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/
Further Reference - SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour)
https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=1109
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/847299/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/847299
Further Reference - Powles, C.G. (Ed). (1928). History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-19. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210315175255/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1CMRi-t1-body.html
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
- Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 67 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
26: 4 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
- NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 1: Includes portrait - Information kindly provided by family
- Powles, C.G. (Ed). (1928). History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-19. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
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