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Harold Stuart Parnell Easton

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 208 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harold Stuart Parnell AWMM
  • Surname
    Easton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 2/1343 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Wakapuaka, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    T.M. Easton (father), Evans Bay Road, Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 17 April 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • Battle of the Somme AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 2/1343 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 Canterbury, 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
    • Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 8.75" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      152 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Harold Easton was the son of T. M. Easton, of 12 Marion St., Wellington, New Zealand.

    Embarked for Gallipoli, 30 August 1915.
    Disembarked Malta, 10 September 1915 (varicocele); admitted to Military Hospital Forrest, 13 September 1915 (soft chancre); transferred to St George?s Hospital, 2 October 1915 (varicocele); transferred to England, 15 November 1915, and admitted to 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford, 20 November 1915.
    Proceeded overseas to France , and marched into NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 3 May 1916.
    Taken on strength, 5th Battery, 2nd Brigade, 10 May 1916.
    Wounded in action, 19 October 1915 (shrapnel wound, head), and admitted to 37th Field Ambulance; transferred same day to 36th Casualty Clearing Station.
    Died of wounds, 20 October 1916. AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    20 October 1916 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l'Abbe, Somme, France AWMM V. C. 31. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Wakapuaka Roll of Honour Public - Peter - Researcher - 21 October 2017 - Wakapuaka Hall, Nelson

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  • visited Helly station 2002 first family descendent to do so RIP Have
    Public - paul - Direct descendant - 25 June 2016
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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
21 October 2017PeterNelson, New ZealandResearcher
25 June 2016paul napierDirect descendant

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