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Herbert John Colley

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Herbert John AWMM
  • Surname
    Colley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 February 1876 AWMM England, United Kingdom AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Married AWMM
    Husband of Mabel Mary Colley, of Wellington AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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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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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Mabel Mary Colley, of Wellington, New Zealand. Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    13 June 1917 AWMM
    Age 41 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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  • Memorial name
    Column B, Tower Hill Memorial, London AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commisison Record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2977746/colley,-herbert-john/
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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28 March 2018Geoffrey RobinTilbury United KingdomResearcher

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