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Percy Melville Wagener

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1/4 portrait of Rifleman Wagner of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 13th Reinforcements, possibly Percy Melville Wagener, Reg No 23061, of the 4th Reinforcements to the 3rd Battalion, - G Company. (Photographer: Herman Schmidt, 1916). Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 31-W1252. No known copyright.

1/4 portrait of Rifleman Wagner of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 13th Reinforcements, possibly Perc …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Percy Melville AWMM
  • Surname
    Wagener AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 23061 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 October 1891 AWMM Maldon, Victoria AWMM
    Maldon, Victoria, Australia AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 E.L. Leyland (stepbrother), Pukenui, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 23061 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 20 February 1916 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Gum digger/Civilian AWMM
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
    Wounded 21 February 1917 - Gun shot wound head. - No. 1 (NZ) Field Ambulance, transf No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, evacuated to England aboard HS St Andrew. Admitted INZGH, Brockenhurst. Transf. Hornchurch 13.3.1917. AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Inter War 23 May 1919 AWMM
    No longer physically for war service due to wounds received in action. AWMM
    Private AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • RTNZ 10 March 1919 aboard SS Bhamo at Glasgow. Arrived NZ 26 April 1919. AWMM

Death

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