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Clifton Ernest Horsfall

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Roll of honour, listing World War 1 soldiers from the Cook Islands, courthouse, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Ref: 1/1-006730-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23180172

Roll of honour, listing World War 1 soldiers from the Cook Islands, courthouse, Avarua, Rarotonga, C …

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Clifton Ernest AWMM
  • Surname
    Horsfall AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 90358 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 June 1894 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre Sep 1918 AWMM 85 Howe Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Julia Mary Martha Horsfall (wife), 85 Howe Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Married/WWI AWMM
    Married, 1 child 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 90358 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 26 September 1918 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Carriage trimmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Julia Mary Martha (nee Stack) Horsfall. Father of Flora Rose Hepzibah b. 1916

    His father served in South Africa and also in WW1, he married twice. Brothers James (served in WW1 33882, 25/119) b 1892, and Clifford (Clifton) Ernest (served in WW1 90358) b 1894. Half brothers Robert Clive (served in WW2 27095) b 1905 and James Alexander (served in WW2 30671) b 1908. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    23 November 1918 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
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  • 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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  • Memorial name
    Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board, RSA Rarotonga AWMM

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