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Cenotaph record

John Burgess

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Roll of Honour Port Albert School, Port Albert Hall (photo J. Halpin May 2011) (CC-BY John Halpin)

Roll of Honour Port Albert School, Port Albert Hall (photo J. Halpin May 2011) (CC-BY John Halpin)

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John AWMM
  • Surname
    Burgess AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 December 1897 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • 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
  • 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
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    Post WW2

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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Marian Maude Burgess and Herbert Thomas Burgess

    Cenotaph database record compiled from information from the Port Albert School Roll of Honour and school records. Not listed on the Nominal Rolls. Not listed as Reserves on New Zealand World War I service personnel and reserves index [electronic resource]. (2002). AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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    Roll of Honour, Port Albert Public School, Port Albert Hall, Rodney, New Zealand AWMM

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