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William Joseph Jordan

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 75), Page: 31 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 75), Page: 31 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Joseph AWMM
  • Surname
    Jordan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    54524 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 May 1879 AWMM Ramsgate, Kent AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Unknown AWMM
    • Mrs Winefred Amy Jordan (wife), Lyndhurst, Boydfield Street, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Feb 1917 AWMM
    Age 37 AWMM
    Painter 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
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
    Wounded 1918 AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Migrated to NZ 1904; member of Labour Party; became NZ High Commissioner to London c 1930s & later a member of Privvy Council

    Participated in Paris Peace Conference in 1946 AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    8 April 1959 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Evening Post. 9 April 1959: p12 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      75: 31 AWMM
    • Jordan, W. J. Papers, 1920--1955. MSS & Archives A-178. University of Auckland Special Collections. AWMM
    • The Evening Post AWMM
      Evening Post. 9 April 1959: p12 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. 3: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers. AWMM

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