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Karl Bertel Kristian Pedersen

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 30), Page: 7 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Karl Bertel Kristian AWMM
  • Surname
    Pedersen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 11930 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 W.E. Cook (sister), North Makara, Wellington, 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 11930 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
    • 1. British War Medal
      2. Victory Medal
      3. Memorial Plaque
      4. Memorial Scroll

      All medals were issued to his brother Otto Christian Pedersen who was living at Awakino. Public - Kerry - Researcher - 3 August 2017 - Service records

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Milk vendor/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
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of Clemen and Oline Pedersen, of Horsens, Denmark AWMM
    • Karl was born in Denmark on either the 6th or 8th February 1895 according to his service records, he was working as a milkman when he enlisted on 11th January 1916 with the 1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment. He embarked from Wellington on 1st May 1916, disembarking at Suez, Egypt on 9th June where they continued with training. He embarked for the United Kingdom on 26th July and disembarked at Southampton on 7th August and marched into the reserve group at Sling camp. After a brief stay in the United Kingdom he embarked for France on 20th August and on his arrival, he was attached to the base camp at Etaples. Karl joined the battalion in the field on 1st September where he remained fighting in the trenches till granted leave to the United Kingdom on 26th September 1917. On his return, he marched into the reinforcement camp at Morbecque, France on 1st October. He rejoined his unit in the field and was wounded in action on 5th June 1918 and was admitted into the 1st New Zealand Field Ambulance with shrapnel wounds to his chest arm and leg. He was transferred to the 29th Casualty Clearing Station where he died from these wounds on 8th June. Public - Kerry - Researcher - 3 August 2017 - Military Service Record
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Death

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  • Death
    8 June 1918 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme, France AWMM III. B. 10. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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03 August 2017Kerry Beaconsfield, AustraliaResearcher
28 November 2016AllanRotoruaResearcher

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