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Frederick Charles May

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frederick Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    May AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/3948 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 February 1886 AWMM Dannevirke, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 16 November 1915 AWMM Ohakune, Ruapehu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs A. Tocker (sister), Rhetu Road, Ohakune, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 4 March 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

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 10/3948 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 16 November 1915 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    Mill hand/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, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 8 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      149 pounds AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      dark brown AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      12 June 1916, Armentieres, scalp wound resulting in 3 months in hospitals , 3 General Hospital, Sheffield; 2 General Hospital Hospital, Walton-on-Thames; and Grey Towers Convalescent Camp, Hornchurch AWMM
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Frederick May was the son of Henry and Elizabeth Ann May (nee Tucker), of Raetihi Rd., Ohakune, Wanganui, New Zealand.

    Native of Maharahara, Napier, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    4 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Gravenstafel, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM

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13 October 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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