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Cenotaph record

Hugh Elder

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 73), Page: 2 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 73), Page: 2 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Hugh AWMM
  • Surname
    Elder AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 3/3635 AWMM
    • WWII N/N AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 May 1882 AWMM Kaiapoi, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs I. Elder (mother), 64 Hill Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 7 March 1917 AWMM
    Age 35 AWMM
    Commercial traveller/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    WW1 12 November 1918 AWMM Private AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Discharged due to no longer being phyiscally fit for active service on account of sea-sickness. Tried to enlist in the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1940, however he was not accepted due to being over the age limit, at 57. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 December 1963 AWMM
  • 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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