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Cenotaph record

Herbert Victor Simonsen

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Identity

About

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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 October 1889 AWMM Canvastown, Marlborough AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Brightwater, Nelson AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs. Bertha Rebecca Simonsen (wife), Brightwater, Nelson AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Married/WWI AWMM
    Bertha Rebecca Simonsen (nee Wright), married 16/05/1914; child Jack Morris (b. 22/04/1915) 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 85971 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 13 August 1918 AWMM Labourer/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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    WW1 22 November 1918 AWMM Private AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Did not embark overseas. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    23 September 1958 AWMM
    Blenheim, Marlborough 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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