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Cenotaph record

Howard Cecil Wilkes

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Howard Cecil AWMM
  • Surname
    Wilkes AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 68859 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    21 September 1895 AWMM Richmond, Nelson AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    • Married AWMM
      Married to Hazel Mary Bird in 1919, 2 children 1 son 1 daughter AWMM
    • Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 68859 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    WW1 Trooper AWMM

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
    Medical B4 Embark, WWI AWMM
    Medical examination in September 1916 declared him medically unfit AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Previous Military Experience: 12th Nelson Regiment
    Called up by Ballot 24 September 1917

    Son of William Edward Wilkes and Edith Amelia Wilkes (nee Sutton), One brother Gilbert William Wilkes AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    1970 AWMM
    Nelson, Tasman AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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