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Rodney Breach

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 74 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 74 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Rodney AWMM
  • Surname
    Breach AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 11/1292 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    4th April 1893 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 March 2024 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Chichester, England Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 March 2024 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    Son of Harry Elliott & Catherine Ann BREACH Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 March 2024 - https://www.familytreecircles.com/breach-marriages-new-zealand-grooms-54270.html
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Upper Plain, Masterton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs G.C. King (sister), Barnham, Sussex, England AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 14 August 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
    • 1931 Rodney BREACH married Ella Jane ESCOTT Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 March 2024 - https://www.familytreecircles.com/breach-marriages-new-zealand-grooms-54270.html

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 11/1292 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 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Rodney served in WWI as Trooper 11/1292 with the Wellington Mounted Rifles, 6th Reinforcements. He enlisted from Upper Plain, Masterton. He embarked from Wellington 14 August 1915, his next of kin was his sister Mrs George Charles King (Janet) of Barnham, Sussex, England. He had a sister in New Zealand, Gladys Breach who married Thomas Murfitt JONES (1889-1952) in 1922
    REF: https://www.familytreecircles.com/breach-marriages-new-zealand-grooms-54270.html
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 March 2024
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22278625
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 74 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM

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29 March 2024Lorraine Mona GisborneResearcher

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