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Cenotaph record

English Māori

Harold Richard Capstick

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 72), Page: 24 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 72), Page: 24 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harold Richard AWMM
  • Surname
    Capstick AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 50299 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    25 January 1897 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Richard Capstick (father), Post-office, Ashburton, New Zealand 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 50299 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 Unknown AWMM Exchange clerk/Civilian AWMM
  • 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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 8.5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      133 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • War service: England
    Embarked Wellington, 28 October 1917; disembarked Liverpool, England, 8 December 1917.
    Commenced return to New Zealand on board 'Ruapehu', 7 June 1919; discharged, 26 August 1919.
    Total war service: 2 years 117 days (of which 1 year 290 days was abroad)
    Medal: British War Medal AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • 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

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=21895464
    Further Reference
  • Documents
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      72: 24 AWMM
    • NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM
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