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Christopher Kolle Berkahn

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Christopher Kolle AWMM
  • Surname
    Berkahn AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Christopher Christian Kolle Frank?? Berkahn AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 11/1408 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 August 1890 Military personnel file Dannevirke, Manawatu-Wanganui Military personnel file
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Te Paparuru, Dannevirke, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    W.F.H. Berkahn (father), Dannevirke, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 August 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 11/1408 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 Wellington, 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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Christopher Berkahn was the son of Mary Berkahn, of Dannevirke, Hawke's Bay, and the late William F. H. Berkahn. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    24 July 1916 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Egypt, North Africa 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
    Kantara Memorial, Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM

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Sources

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06 June 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
11 December 2016AllanRotoruaResearcher

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