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Cenotaph record

Howard Elgin Ames

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Howard Elgin AWMM
  • Surname
    Ames AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    15 July 1894 AWMM Melbourne, Victoria AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Waimea St AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Ames (Mother), Waimea Street AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Married AWMM
    Married Katherine Edith Rodley in 1919, one daughter AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
  • 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 12 January 1916 AWMM Clerk/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 foot 10 inches AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      112 pounds AWMM
    • Complexion, WWI AWMM
      Medium AWMM
    • Eye colour, WWI AWMM
      Grey AWMM
    • Hair colour, WWI AWMM
      Brown AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Samuel and Jemima Ames [nee Dickens], had one sister AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    28 March 1976 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury 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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