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Frederick Neville Houston

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Portrait of Captain Frederick Neville Houston MC. Archives New Zealand, AALZ 25044 1 / F752. Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Captain Frederick Neville Houston MC. Archives New Zealand, AALZ 25044 1 / F752. Image m …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frederick Neville AWMM
  • Surname
    Houston AWMM
  • Ingoa
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 March 1890 AWMM Dunedin, Otago AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre 1914 AWMM Oakwood Lodge, Davigdor Road, Hove, Sussex AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 William Duncanson Houston (father), Oriental Bay, Wellington AWMM
  • Relationship status
    1916 AWMM Married AWMM
    Ellen Marie Kirkman in Steyning, Sussex. AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
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  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 14 February 1914 AWMM
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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
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  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    1 June 1916 AWMMKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • According to Archives New Zealand: Twice wounded in France. Mentioned in Sir John French's New Year despatches 1916 and awarded Military Cross January 1916. Killed in action in The Somme July 1916 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    • 1 July 1916 AWMM
      Somme, Northern France AWMM
    • 1 July 1916 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
      Age 26 AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Andersons Bay General Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 18, Plot 14 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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    Thiepval Memorial AWMM

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  • Rest in peace, Sir, from one Old Boy to another. Lest we forget
    Public - Ross - 21 September 2020
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • 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
      p. 25-27 AWMM
    • The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM

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