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Alphonsus Stephen Amodeo

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alphonsus Stephen AWMM
  • Surname
    Amodeo AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Ambodeo AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 2779 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Auckland, New Zealand Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 J.F. Amodeo, Ardmore Road, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 29 June 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 2779 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
  • 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
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 7.75" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      142 lb AWMM
    • 9 August 1918 AWMMKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Archway note incorrect cover name Ambodeo

    Son of Frank and Jane Amodeo.

    Taken on strength, 3rd Bn, Tel el Kebir, 6 January 1916.
    Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 23 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France (stowaway), 30 March 1916.
    Found guilty, 4 April 1916, of being absent without leave from 1300, 22 March, to 1600, 23 March 1916: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited 2 days' pay.
    Admitted to 1st Australian Field Ambulance, 28 August 1916 (defective teeth), and transferred to 10th Casualty Clearing Station (no subsequent details of discharge to duty recorded).
    On leave to United Kingdom, 17 January 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 7 February 1917.
    Admitted to 1st Australian field Ambulance, 20 February 1917, and transferred to Divisional rest Station; to England, 22 March 1917 (acute appendicitis), and admitted to 3rd Southern General Hospital, 23 March 1917; transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 18 April 1917; discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 14 May 1917. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    9 August 1918 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Age 29 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row fF Grave No. 8), Fouilloy, France AWMM
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