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Walter Richmond Marsh

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 485 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Walter Richmond AWMM
  • Surname
    Marsh AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 8/3342 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 June 1894 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Oamaru, Otago Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Weston, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J. Marsh (mother), Eden Street, Oamaru, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 November 1915 AWMM Single 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 8/3342 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 Otago, New Zealand 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
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 10.5" AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Walter Marsh was the son of Jessie Marsh of Eden St., Oamaru, New Zealand, and the late Nicholas Marsh.

    Embarked Lyttelton, 14 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 20 December 1915.
    Joined Bn, Reserve Camp, 7 March 1916, and posted to 8th Company.
    Embarked Alexandria for France, 9 April 1916.
    Reported wounded in action, 1 October 1916.
    Court of Enquiry, 11 January 1917, declared fate to be 'Killed in action, 1 October 1916'.

    Parents: Jessie Marsh, Eden Street, Oamaru, and the late Nicholas Marsh AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    1 October 1916 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Warlencourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France AWMM V. F. 25. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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