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Horace Braithwaite

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 73 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 73 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Horace AWMM
  • Surname
    Braithwaite AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 8/813 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Dunedin, Otago AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Otautau, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Joseph Braithwaite (father), St Clair, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 8/813 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
    Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Horace Algernon Braithwaite was reported on May 17 to be out of danger. He is a son of Mr. J. Braithwaite, the well-known Dunedin bookseller and ex-Mayor of that city. He is 23 years of age, unmarried, and was farming in Southland when he enlisted. Two of his brothers are at the front with the New Zealand forces. (Auckland Weekly News, 3 June 1915, p. 20) AWMM
    • Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Brother of Neville Douglas Braithwaite (8/646), who also served during World War I. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    • 15 January 1916 AWMM
      Dunedin, Otago AWMM
    • 15 January 1916 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
      Age 28 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    • Dunedin Southern Cemetery, South Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM Block 2, Lot 11, Class I. AWMM
    • Southern Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 5P, Plot 113 AWMM
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Memorials

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