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John Robert Cartwright

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 75), Page: 13 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Cartwright AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 62932 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    28 August 1880 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Pleasant Point, Patumahoe Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    E. Cartwright (brother), Levels, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 62932 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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 7.5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      156 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked Wellington, 22 November 1917; disembarked Liverpool, England, 7 January 1918.
    Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 22 January 1918 (injured left shoulder); discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 1 February 1918.
    Proceeded overseas to France, 15 May 1918; joined No 2 NZ Entrenching Bn, in the field, 19 May 1918.
    Admitted to 2/2 Wessex Field Ambulance, 18 June 1918; transferred to No 3 Casualty Clearing Station (stomach infection); to 9th USA General Hospital, Rouen, 20 June 1918; to England, 23 June 1918, and admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 24 June 1918 (gastritis: slight). Transferred to Countess of Middlesex War Hospital, Napsbury, 6 August 1918 (delusional insanity).
    Commenced return to New Zealand from Southampton on board 'Marama', 19 December 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service: delusional insanity), 28 March 1919.
    Total war service: 1 year 221 days (of which 1 year 69 days was abroad)

    Parents: John and Catherine Jane CARTWRIGHT (both b. Ireland) 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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