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Ernest Greenwood

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 283 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest AWMM
  • Surname
    Greenwood AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 6/1860 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    11 May 1881 AWMM England, United Kingdom AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 6 January 1915 AWMM Smithfield, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Elizabeth Greenwood (mother), 52 Albion Street, Burnley, Lancashire, England 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
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 6/1860 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 6 January 1915 AWMM
    Age 33 AWMM
    Clerk 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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      6.025 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      151 pounds AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      brown AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      fair AWMM
    • Other, Unknown Period AWMM
      Partly false teeth AWMM
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Ernest Greenwood was the son of William and Elizabeth Greenwood, of 52, Albion St., Burnley, England

    Reported wounded 7 August 1915, subsequent Board of Enquiry declared missing believed dead. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 August 1915 AWMM
    Age 35 AWMM
    Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM

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Sources

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12 July 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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