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Cenotaph record

Charles Napier Birch

  • Service number
    • WWI 66 AWMM
    • South African 39774 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Napier AWMM
  • Surname
    Birch AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 66 AWMM
    • South African 39774 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Napier, Hawkes Bay Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre 18 August 1914 AWMM Aston, Queen's Road, Melbourne, Victoria AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs H.M. Birch, 'Aston', Queen's Road, Melbourne, Victoria AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 18 August 1914 AWMM Single/WWI 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 66 AWMM
    • South African 39774 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
  • 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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Sources

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  • References
    • AIF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM
    • Stowers, R. (2009). Bomber Barron: Wing Commander James Fraser Barron, DSO & Bar, DFC, DFM, Pathfinder Pilot. Hamilton, N.Z.: Author. AWMM
      p.283 AWMM

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