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Cenotaph record

Read Bindon

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 74), Page: 8 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 74), Page: 8 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Read AWMM
  • Surname
    Bindon AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 56549 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Christina Bindon (mother), Okaihau, Bay of Islands, 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 56549 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    3 September 1973 Public Source
  • Date of death
    3 September 1973 Public - Sandra - Researcher - 1 December 2018 - Waipu Museum
  • Age at death
    79 Public - Sandra - Researcher - 1 December 2018 - Waipu Museum
  • Place of death
    Whangarei Public - Sandra - Researcher - 1 December 2018 - Waipu Museum
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    St Catherine’s Churchyard, Okaihau Public - Sandra - Researcher - 1 December 2018 - Waipu Museum
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    BINDON, Harris Read (veteran First World War). On September 3, 1973 at Whangarei (of No. 2 RD, Kaikohe), dearly loved husband of Agnes, loved father and father-in-law of Ken and Dulcie, David and Jean, and grandpa of Roger. At rest. A service will be held at St Catherine’s Anglican Church, Okaihau, at 2pm tomorrow (Wednesday), prior to interment in the Church Cemetery. (Taken from the NZ Herald) Public - Sandra - Researcher - 1 December 2018 - Waipu Museum
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Okaihau First World War memorial gates, Horeke Rd, Northland AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R20544451
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      74: 8 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. 4: Includes portrait AWMM
    • The horse marines : a chronicle of their voyage on H.M.N.Z.T.98 T.S.S. Tofua, Nov. 13 to Dec. 21, 1917. Editor, Tpr. J.A. Kyd; sub-editor, Sgt. G.B. Young. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
01 December 2018SandraWaipuResearcher

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