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Cenotaph record

Frank Rackham

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frank AWMM
  • Surname
    Rackham AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 15621 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    London, England AWMM
    London, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Hannah Rackham (mother), 28 Opoho Road, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown 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 15621 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
    WW1 10 November 1915 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
    Seaman AWMM
    Sydney, New South Wales 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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 8.5 inches AWMM
    • Tattoos, Unknown Period AWMM
      Right forearm, triangle AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Hannah Rackham

    Three sons, brothers enlisted in WW1 William Leith Rackham (12/2587) and Benjamin Albert Rackham (63212) and in Australia Frank Rackham (15621) AWMM

Death

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

Memorials

Memorial

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