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Arthur Herbert Mellar

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur Herbert AWMM
  • Surname
    Mellar AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bert AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 18687 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    28 March 1896 AWMM Inglewood, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    G.H. Mellar (father), High Street, Waitara, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 26 July 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

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 4 April 1916 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Engineer/Military 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
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Black AWMM
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 feet 10 inches AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      Fair AWMM
    • Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Arthur Mellar was the son of George H. and Florence Sophia Mellar, of High St., Waitara, New Zealand.

    Bert worked as an engineer for the Borough Council in Inglewood prior to enlisting. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    19 October 1918 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM XVII. C. 20. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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