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Frank Wakefield Boucher

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Portrait, Frank Boucher standing in the garden (kindly provided by family) - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frank Wakefield AWMM
  • Surname
    Boucher AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Frank AWMM
    • Frank Boucher AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 7/819 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    22 July 1891 Public - Julian Margaret - Other Relative - 8 April 2015 - Birth Certificate
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW1 Pre 22 December 1914 AWMM Mount Somers, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW1 Pre 4 March 1916 AWMM Mount Somers, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW1 John Wakefield Boucher (father), Springburn, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW1 John Wakefield Boucher (father), Springburn, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Pre 4 March 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 7/819 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 6.5 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      141 pounds AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Dark yellow AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      Fair AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Invalided to New Zealand 23 September 1915 AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Wounded October 1916 admitted No 1 Canadian General Hospital AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      19 March 1917 Admitted 24th General Hospital, Etaples Rubella AWMM
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 6.5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      141 lb AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Frank Boucher was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Boucher, of Methven, Canterbury.

    War service: Egypt AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 26 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
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM

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Sources

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
12 July 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
04 October 2016AllanRotoruaResearcher
08 April 2015Julian MargaretAshburton, New ZealandOther Relative

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