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Cenotaph record

Walter Samuel Coombridge

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Walter Samuel AWMM
  • Surname
    Coombridge AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 55428 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 February 1880 BDM 1951/33986 Lyttelton, Christchurch BDM 1951/33986
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 c/o S.D. Paul, Blenheim AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mr John Coombridge (father), c/o Mr J.C. Cox Opunake, Taranaki 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
    WWI 55428 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 17 March 1917 AWMM
    Age 37 AWMM
    Chemist/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
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
    Kidney Affection AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Did not embark overseas. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    1951 BDM 1951/33986
  • 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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