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Cenotaph record

Harold Holm Biss

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 26), Page: 20 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 26), Page: 20 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harold Holm AWMM
  • Surname
    Biss AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 2/2780 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
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs K.H. Biss (mother), 91 Rugby Street, Christchurch, 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 2/2780 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 Clerk 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
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Library holds typescript (photocopy) of letter from Rev J.R. Young to Vera Bliss regarding the death of her brother Harold Biss from wounds on 19th October 1918. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    19 October 1918 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme, France AWMM XIV D.30 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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