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Cenotaph record

George Talbot Fookes

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    George Talbot AWMM
  • Surname
    Fookes AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Fooks AWMM
  • Service number
    4620 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 3 April 1901 AWMM Willowfield, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr Albert Fooks (father), New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    South Africa 3 April 1901 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM New Plymouth, Taranaki 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 8 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      11 stone AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, South Africa AWMM
      Seriously wounded in arms 25 February 1902, Langverwacht AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Signs as Fookes. Listed at Archives New Zealand as Fooks

    Father was named Albert Cracoft Fookes. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hamilton East Cemetery AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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