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Cenotaph record

Charles Henry Chant

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Chant AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 173000 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 August 1875 AWMM Nelson, Tasman AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Jun 1901 AWMM Married AWMM
    Mildred Chase AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 173000 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
    WW1 Farm labourer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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
    • Eye colour, WWI AWMM
      Dark Brown AWMM
    • Hair colour, WWI AWMM
      Black Hair AWMM
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5 foot 5 inches AWMM
    • Complexion, WWI AWMM
      Dark complexion AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • UK Royal Navy - Served 1892 to 1916 on the Hercules

    Son of George Manson Chant and Phoebe Chant (nee Smith) AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    4 February 1955 AWMM
    Southhampton, Hampshire 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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  • References
    • Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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