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Cenotaph record

Gordon Abercrombie

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 2 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 2 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gordon AWMM
  • Surname
    Abercrombie AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Clarence Gordon AWMM
    • Clarence Gordon Abercrombie AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 11/509 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM c/o H.V. Hammond, Makirikiri, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    D.A. Abercrombie (father), Queensland Insurance, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 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 11/509 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
  • 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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  • Gordon Abercrombie was the son of David A. and Mary E. Abercrombie, of New Zealand

    Arrived Suez, Egypt on 3 December 1914 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 January 1917 AWMM
    Egypt, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM F. 82. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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