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Gordon Edward Daines

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HMNZT 109 "T.S.S. Tofua" - New Zealand's black watch, "the gallant forty-twa" : the journal of the Forty-Second New Zealand Rfts. on H.M.N.Z.T. 109 "T.S.S. Tofua" -- On board ship : 42 Reinforcements Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : [1918] . No Known Copyright Restrictions.

HMNZT 109 "T.S.S. Tofua" - New Zealand's black watch, "the gallant forty-twa" : the journal of the F …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gordon Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Daines AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 80408 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 April 1896 AWMM Blenheim, Marlborough AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs A.S. Daines (mother), 15 Fell Street, Blenheim, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 80408 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 24 July 1918 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Carpenter/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
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Tried to enlist on three seperate occasions, on 23rd August 1916 but was affected heart, 31st of January 1917 was marked C2 - Permanently Unfit for active service but fit for NZ Service, and the 24th July 1918. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    22 July 1979 AWMM
    Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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    Borough of Blenheim Roll of Honour, Marlborough Museum. 26 Arthur Baker Pl, Redwoodtown, Blenheim 7201 AWMM

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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/R20994940
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      88: 10 AWMM
    • Epilogue : being a souvenir of our voyage in the s.s. "Rimutaka". As transport HMNZT 296 the "Rimutaka" departed Liverpool 8th November 1919 and arrived Wellington on 5th January 1920. AWMM

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