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Herman Carl Rabe

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 72), Page: 12 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Herman Carl AWMM
  • Surname
    Rabe AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 62383 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 July 1882 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Thames, Coromandel District Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J. Rabe (mother), Nixon Street, Claudelands, Hamilton, 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 62383 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 Gold miner/Civilian 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, WWI AWMM
      5' 1" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      141 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked Wellington, 13 October 1917; disembarked Liverpool, England, 8 February 1917; marched into Sling Camp, 9 December 1917.
    Proceeded overseas to France (date not recorded).
    Admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 22 February 1918 (pyrexia, unknown origin); transferred to 4th Division Rest Station, 23 February 1918; to 14th General Hospital, Wimereux, 28 February 1918; discharged to duty, 5 April 1918; rejoined 1st Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, in the field, 12 April 1918.
    Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 15 May 1918; transferred to 29th Casualty Clearing Station, 21 May 1918 (trench feet); to 1st Australian General Hospital, Rouen, 24 May 1918; to England, 27 May 1918, and admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 28 May 1918.
    Classified unfit for Active Service by Medical Board, 30 September 1918.
    Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board HT 'Maunganui', 2 December 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service), 14 March 1919.

    Parents: Harry (b. Germany) and Jane (b. Auckland) RABE AWMM
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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
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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