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Robert George Catherwood

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 74), Page: 10 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 74), Page: 10 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert George AWMM
  • Surname
    Catherwood AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 57504 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 M.A.J. Catherwood (mother), Saint Andrew's, 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 57504 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
  • 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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  • Robert was my great grandfather. My father has told me a lot about him, and his time in Northern Africa, where he contracted malaria. After the second world war, he sold the farm at St Andrews, and moved to a farm in Eiffelton, on the northern side of Ashburton.
    Public - Holly - Direct descendant - 2 December 2017
    Report 
  • George Robert Catherwood, the older brother of Hugh Catherwood (Service Number 78556)
    Public - Susanne Elizabeth - Other Relative - 21 April 2015
    Report 

Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21893069
    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: 10 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
    • The kai-courier. Magazine of returning forces on board H.M.T. No. 230, 'Kaikoura'. Departing Suez on 6 March 1919. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
02 December 2017HollyDunedin New ZealandDirect descendant
21 April 2015Susanne ElizabethGeraldine, New ZealandOther Relative

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