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James Paul Desmond

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Paul AWMM
  • Surname
    Desmond AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 935 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Hokitika, Westland Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Hokitika, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 8 January 1915 AWMM c/o Grand Hotel, Tikuta, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss M Milne, c/o PO., Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 8 January 1915 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 935 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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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
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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  • Despite my best efforts the town of Tikuta is not recorded. Is this a typo? Not even adding the "Grand Hotel" to the search string got a result.
    Public - Godon - Researcher - 2 June 2015
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02 June 2015GodonGreymouth, West CoastResearcher

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