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Robert Francis McLean Gee

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Portrait of Second Lieutenant Robert Francis Mclean Gee. Image sourced from Imperial War Museums' 'Bond of Sacrifice' collection. ©IWM HU 114951_A

Portrait of Second Lieutenant Robert Francis Mclean Gee. Image sourced from Imperial War Museums' 'B …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Francis McLean AWMM
  • Surname
    Gee AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
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  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 April 1894 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 George Francis Gee (father) AWMM
  • 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
  • Military service
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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
    WW1 3 September 1914 AWMM Student/Civilian AWMM
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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
      Shot in head by sniper AWMM
    • 27 October 1914 AWMMDied of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
      Died of wounds at Netley Hosptial, Hampshire, England. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Eldest son of George Francis Gee of Wellington and Mary Elizabeth Gee. Educated at Wellington, Eastbourne College and Trinity College Cambridge. Was a member of Eastbourne College OTC and received a commission in the 3rd Wiltshire Regiment on 15th August 1914. Following four weeks training at Weymouth embarked for the front line. A few days after arriving he received a fatal wound. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    27 October 1914 AWMM
    Netley, Hampshire AWMM
  • Date of death
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  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Ocklynge Cemetery AWMM
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Memorials

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Sources

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    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. 56-57 AWMM

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