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Cenotaph record

George Ashley Smith

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    George Ashley AWMM
  • Surname
    Smith AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 5885 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    16 August 1897 Royal Aero Aviators Certificates Gore, Southland Royal Aero Aviators Certificates
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Crewe Street, Gore, Southland AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 5885 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    2 March 1918 AWMM
    Canterbury Flying School, Sockburn AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Bank clerk/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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    14 November 1962 Cemetery Records, 1800-2007
    Mangere, Auckland Cemetery Records, 1800-2007
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  • 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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