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Harry Cecil Woodward

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Nominal Roll Vol 4 (Roll 78), Page: 12 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 4 (Roll 78), Page: 12 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harry Cecil AWMM
  • Surname
    Woodward AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 63077 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
    Mrs Woodward (mother), Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Le Quesnoy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 63077 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 Farmer/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
    • Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
    • His by shrapnel in the stomach while walking down a road in France. Died of Wounds Public - Wendy Denise - Other Relative - 24 April 2015 - Letters home to his Brother, my Grandfather, James Woodward

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of William and Emily Woodward, of Springston, Canterbury, New Zealand. AWMM
    • Born in West Oxford Canterbury on 27/05/1885. He grew up hunting and fishing around Oxford and Lees Valley. He was a farmer and farmed in Partnership with his Brother James Woodward. He was engaged to be married when he left for war, he fiancée never remarried. Public - Wendy Denise - Other Relative - 24 April 2015 - Family records
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 August 1918 AWMM
    Age 33 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Died in a field hospital. He had been sitting up in bed and wrote a letter to his brother saying th Public - Wendy Denise - Other Relative - 24 April 2015 - Family records
  • Cause of death
    • Died of wounds AWMM
    • Was hit in the stomach by a piece of Shrapnel Public - Wendy Denise - Other Relative - 24 April 2015 - Family records
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme, France AWMM IV. E. 9. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Your Nephew Alec and his family have never forgotten you and 4 generations later, they all know who you are and that you fought and died for your country so that we may be free today. We will never forget you and your sacrifice.
    Public - Wendy Denise - Other Relative - 24 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      78: 12 AWMM
    • The Le Quesnoy Campaign research was undertaken by the New Zealand Society of Genealogists as part of the development of New Zealand Liberation Museum - Te Arawhata (Le Quesnoy France). This research project was led by CJ Barbour (NZSG), BI Silvester, HH Farrant (NZMHS) with the support of NZSG volunteers (2022). The individuals included in this research data set were verified as serving in Le Quesnoy. AWMM

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24 April 2015Wendy DeniseChristchurch New ZealandOther Relative

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