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Bernard Ehrenfried Myers

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Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Myers, Archives New Zealand, AALZ 25044 6 / F688 18. Image is subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Myers, Archives New Zealand, AALZ 25044 6 / F688 18. Image is …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Bernard Ehrenfried AWMM
  • Surname
    Myers AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 3/2911 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Jewish AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 23 March 1872 Wright St-Clair Thames, North Island, New Wright St-Clair
    • 23 May 1872 Military personnel file Military personnel file
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Medical practitioner AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs. B.E. Myer (wife),93 Priory Road, West Hampshire, London, England AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 3/2911 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) AWMM
    • Brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War (S.) AWMM
      Communiqué from the War Office, 24 February 1917; Lieut-Colonel, New Zealand Medical Corps Communiqe from the War Office, 24 February 1917 Brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War for valuable services rendered in connection with the WarLieut-Colonel, New Zealand Medical Corps London Gazette 27 July 1917, p7749 Brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War for distinguished services rendered in connection with the warLieut-Colonel, New Zealand Medical Corps Communiqe from the War Office, 28 August 1919 Brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War for valuable services rendered in connection with the War. AWMM
    • Brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War (S.) AWMM
      London Gazette 27 July 1917, p7749; Lieut-Colonel, New Zealand Medical Corps Communiqe from the War Office, 24 February 1917 Brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War for valuable services rendered in connection with the WarLieut-Colonel, New Zealand Medical Corps London Gazette 27 July 1917, p7749 Brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War for distinguished services rendered in connection with the warLieut-Colonel, New Zealand Medical Corps Communiqe from the War Office, 28 August 1919 Brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War for valuable services rendered in connection with the War. AWMM
    • Brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War (S.) AWMM
      Communiqué from the War Office, 28 August 1919; Lieut-Colonel, New Zealand Medical Corps Communiqe from the War Office, 24 February 1917 Brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War for valuable services rendered in connection with the WarLieut-Colonel, New Zealand Medical Corps London Gazette 27 July 1917, p7749 Brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War for distinguished services rendered in connection with the warLieut-Colonel, New Zealand Medical Corps Communiqe from the War Office, 28 August 1919 Brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War for valuable services rendered in connection with the War. AWMM

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Medical practitioner Personnel File
  • 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Attested in England

    Author of Reminiscences of a Physician.Wellington:Reed; 1949 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 May 1957 Wright St-Clair
    Age 85 AWMM
    London, England Wright St-Clair
  • 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
    Military Personnel File
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21379236
    Sources Used
  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
    • Wright-St Clair, R. (2013). Historia nunc vivat medical practitioners in New Zealand, 1840 to 1930. Christchurch, N.Z.: Cotter Medical History Trust. AWMM
    • Pat Clarkson Medical Practitioner Research Project (January 2014 - March 2022). This project identified Medical Practioners who served in WWI. AWMM
    • British Medical Journal AWMM
      1957; 1: 1187 AWMM
    • Lancet AWMM
      1957; 1: 1049 AWMM
    • Myers, B.E., Reminiscences of a Physician.Wellington:Reed; 1949 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM

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