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William Orton Bradley

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Nominal Roll Vol 4 (Roll 91), Page: 12 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 4 (Roll 91), Page: 12 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Orton AWMM
  • Surname
    Bradley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 66779 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 July 1972 AWMM Kakahu, Canterbury AWMM
    Kakahu, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Elizabeth Bradley (wife), C/o D. Mahar, Lyttelton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 8 November 1918 AWMM Married AWMM
    Married, 6 children AWMM

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
    Pre WW1 1896 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Soldier/Military AWMM
    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, Unknown Period AWMM
    5 foot 9 inches AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Elizabeth (nee Mahar) Bradley

    A wool sorter before enlistment in the Permanent Militia

    Permanent (Militia) Force from 1896

    Prior to embarkation with the NZEF he served as Chief Artillery Instructer of the Field Artillery Reinforcements for the NZEF

    Ineligible for WW1 medals as he sailed after Armistice 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/R22278332
    Further Reference
  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      91: 12 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM

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