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Robert Willis

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Service Record, 65th Regiment of Foot, p. 1 - No known copyright restrictions

Service Record, 65th Regiment of Foot, p. 1 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Willis AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    1878 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of Ireland, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    15 March 1824 AWMM Banbridge, Down AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    New Zealand Wars AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    1878 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Pre WW1 9 February 1842 AWMM
    Age 17 AWMM
    Tailor/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
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Sandy AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Grey AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      Fair AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, New Zealand Wars AWMM
      Netley Hospital, Weymouth c 1853/54 AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • He was the son of Robert and Elizabeth (nee Boyd) Willis.

    Husband of Sarah (nee Smart) 1824 - 10 August 1897, after Robert's death she married Joseph Robinson (3565) also a 65th Regiment officer AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 May 1864 AWMM
    Age 39 AWMM
    Napier, Hawkes Bay AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: Hawkes Bay Herald, 7 May 1864 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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