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Cenotaph record

William Harold Ready

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Pitt Street Methodist Church Roll of Honour, 78 Pitt Street, Auckland 1010. Image provided by John Halpin 2014, CC BY John Halpin 2014

Pitt Street Methodist Church Roll of Honour, 78 Pitt Street, Auckland 1010. Image provided by John H …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Harold AWMM
  • Surname
    Ready AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 41997 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    12 June 1890 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs W.H. Ready (wife), 220 Ponsonby Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    28 April 1917 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM
    Mabel Rebecca Iliffe Houghton AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 41997 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
    Gunshot Wound Right Leg, returned to New Zealand on board Marama AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Attended Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland). AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 May 1955 AWMM
    Otāhuhu, Auckland 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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  • Memorial name
    Pitt Street Methodist Church Roll of Honour, 78 Pitt Street, Auckland 1010 AWMM

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