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Lewis Hellyer

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Nominal Roll Vol 4 (Roll 89), Page: 3 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 4 (Roll 89), Page: 3 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Lewis AWMM
  • Surname
    Hellyer AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 74183 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 October 1893 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs H. Hellyer (mother) Parakakau, Auckland, 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 74183 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 Farmer/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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 10" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      152 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Moeraki then transhipped to "Port Sydney" at Sydney for Suez.

    War service: Egypt, Palestine
    Embarked Wellington, 9 August 1918; disembarked Sydney, Australia, 13 August 1918; re-embarked, 17 August 1918; disembarked Suez, 19 September 1918, and posted to NZ Mounted Rifles Training Regiment, Ismailia, 19 September 1918.
    Posted to Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment, 15 October 1918; joined unit, in the field, 21 October 1918.
    Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HT 'Ellenga', 23 July 1919; discharged, 9 October 1919.
    Total war service: 1 year 246 days (of which 1 year 34 days was abroad)

    Parents: father b. Auckland; mother b. Ireland AWMM
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Death

About 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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