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Cenotaph record

Eric William Matthews

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Nominal Roll Vol 4 (Roll 87), Page: 17 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 4 (Roll 87), Page: 17 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Eric William AWMM
  • Surname
    Matthews AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 79750 AWMM
    • WWII 47340 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 February 1899 Public Source
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs C.L. McLauchlan (sister), Ohaupo, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

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 Unknown AWMM Farm 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Attended Dilworth School 1908-1903. Was Head Prefect and in the First X1 (Cricket) (Source:Public Source) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military Personnel File
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R24061580
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      87: 17 AWMM
    • Lewis, E. (c.2009). Dilworth School, Staff and Old Boys' Service in World Wars I and II. Auckland, N.Z.: Dilworth School. Unpublished doument. AWMM

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