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Harold David Blake

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1/4 portrait of Sapper Harold David Blake of the NZE 14th Reinforcements [ls:26377] (Photographer: Herman Schmidt, ). Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 31-B1469. No known copyright.

1/4 portrait of Sapper Harold David Blake of the NZE 14th Reinforcements [ls:26377] (Photographer: H …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harold David AWMM
  • Surname
    Blake AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 26377 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
    George Blake (father), Church Street, Epsom, 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 26377 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Carpenter/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
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Mrs. M. Blake, of St. Andrew's Road, Epsom, Auckland. (Note: The different addresses in this record are due to the different sources used to compile it.) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    12 October 1917 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Private Harold D. Blake, killed in action in France on October 12, was the fifth son of Mrs. Blake, of Church Road, Epsom. He left with the fourteenth reinforcements, and was transferred to the machine-gun section on arrival in England. He was educated at the Epsom school, and up to the time of his enlistment was employed in the maintenance branch of the Railway Department. (Auckland Weekly News, 8 November 1917, p. 22) AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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    • Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
    • Auckland Railway Station, Te Taou Crescent, Auckland 1010. AWMM
    • Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Marivare Reserve, corner of Manukau and Ranfurly Roads, Epsom, Auckland AWMM

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11 July 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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