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Clement Cecil Wills

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Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, France. New Zealand War Graves Trust (FRDP4888). CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, France. New Zealand War Graves Trust (FRDP4888). CC BY-NC …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Clement Cecil AWMM
  • Surname
    Wills AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 23/1500 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
    Unknown AWMM Mangamire, Pahiatua, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    T.L. Wills (brother), Mangamaire, Pahiatua, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 November 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 23/1500 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM 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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Clement Wills was the son of Marion Sowry (formerly Wills), of Mangamaire, Pahiatua, New Zealand, and the late Albert Stanley Wills. Family informs us the spelling is Sowry. CWGC has speeled the name Soury. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    15 September 1916 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France 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
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM

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28 February 2024Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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