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Lancelot Francis Ellison Huff

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  • Service number
    • South African 473 AWMM
    • WWI 27167 Public - Graham - 1 June 2017 - Military personnel file
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  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Army Public - Graham - 1 June 2017 - Military personnel file
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Group Portrait showing seven New Zealand soldiers (one in civilian clothing) after being invalided to New Zealand in 1900 from the Boer War on the Kumara: Back row: Charles William Hensman Bould (Wellington) 1st Contingent, Callam (Wellington) Kitchener’s Horse, I Huff (Westland) 2nd Contingent, H West (Christchurch) Robert’s Horse. Front row: R Fourlong [actually Henry O'Bernie Furlong] (Wellington) 5th Contingent, W Edwards (Auckland) Robert’s Horse, F M Nightingale (Auckland) 4th Contingent. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, NZG-19001006-640-2

Group Portrait showing seven New Zealand soldiers (one in civilian clothing) after being invalided t …

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Lancelot Francis Ellison AWMM
  • Surname
    Huff AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • South African 473 AWMM
    • WWI 27167 Public - Graham - 1 June 2017 - Military personnel file
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 July 1870 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    22 July 1870 Public - Graham - 1 June 2017 - Military personnel file
  • Place of birth
    Parramatta,
    New South Wales,
    Australia Public - Graham - 1 June 2017 - Military personnel file
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Army Public - Graham - 1 June 2017 - Military personnel file
  • Service number
    • South African 473 AWMM
    • WWI 27167 Public - Graham - 1 June 2017 - Military personnel file
  • 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
    South Africa Miner/Civilian Ministry for Culture and Heritage
    Westland District, West Coast Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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  • 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
    After enlisting on 1 June 1916 Huff was discharged as medically unfit on 6 July 1916. Public - Graham - 1 June 2017 - Military personnel file

Last known rank

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Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    Oct 1939 AWMM
    Age 74 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
    c69 Public - Graham - 1 June 2017 - Military personnel file
  • Place of death
    New Zealand Public - Graham - 1 June 2017 - Military personnel file
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hokitika Cemetery AWMM
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  • Obituary
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Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Ranfurly, U.J.M.K., Earl of.(1902). List of Veterans. Roll of honour, 1840 to 1902 : defenders of the Empire resident in New Zealand.Wellington, N.Z.[complied by the Earl of Ranfurly] New Zealand Times AWMM
    • New Zealand Cemetery Records. New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated. AWMM
      Burials: Hokitika. p.144 AWMM

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01 June 2017GrahamSalisbury, UKOther

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