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Cenotaph record

Howard Alan Canton

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Howard Alan AWMM
  • Surname
    Canton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 596 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 10 October 1916 AWMM 73 Moray Street, New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Rose Mellor, 100 Ferguson Street West, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 10 October 1916 AWMM Single 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 596 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

About 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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  • External links
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    AIF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM

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