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Howard Davidson Batchelar

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 74), Page: 13 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 74), Page: 13 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Howard Davidson AWMM
  • Surname
    Batchelar AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 50629 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Protestant, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 October 1886 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    John Octavius Batchelar (father), Fitzherbert, Palmerston North, 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 50629 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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  • War service: Egypt
    Embarked Wellington, 13 November 1917; disembarked Suez, 21 December 1917; reverted to Temporary Corporal, 26 December 1917.
    Posted to Wellington Mounted Rifles Squadron, NZ Training Units and Depots, 28 March 1918.
    Transferred to NZ Mounted Rifles Brigade, 18 April 1918.

    Commenced return to New Zealand on board HT 'Malta', 29 January 1919; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness [malaria] contracted on Active Service, 30 May 1919.
    War service: 1 year 340 days (of which 1 year 78 days was abroad) AWMM
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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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