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Claude Otto Strachey

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Lone Pine Cemetery & Memorial to the Missing, Gallipoli, Turkey.

Lone Pine Cemetery & Memorial to the Missing, Gallipoli, Turkey.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Claude Otto AWMM
  • Surname
    Strachey AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 1430 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Rationalist AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Christchurch, Canterbury Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
    5 November 1888 Public - Paul - Researcher - 23 April 2022 - Press newspaper, 6 November 1888, p.4.
  • Place of birth
    Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Public - Paul - Researcher - 23 April 2022 - Press newspaper, 6 November 1888, p.4.
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    C AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    M Strachey, 148 Worcester Street, West Christchurch, NZ AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 3 December 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 1430 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 3 December 1914 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
      Age 26 AWMM
      Clerk Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    • WW1 3 December 1914 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
      Age 26 AWMM
      Private Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AIF, 1st Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • 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
    02 May 1916 {Age 27} AWMMKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

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
    2 May 1916 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Age 27 AWMM
    Gallipoli, Turkey Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Australian War Memorial, Canberra Public - Paul - Researcher - 23 April 2022 - AWM, panel 31

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Sources

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  • External links
    SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour)
    https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=2288
    Further Reference
  • References
    • AIF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM
    • Hickford, Paul, They Marched to War, 2019, pp. 18 & 69. Public - Paul - Researcher - 30 April 2021 - Tribute to Bank of New Zealand staff and their family members who served in WWI.

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
23 April 2022PaulAuckland, New ZealandResearcher
03 October 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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