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Frank Kivell

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frank AWMM
  • Surname
    Kivell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 8 AWMM
    • WWI J45376 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

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  • Birth
  • 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
    • WWI 8 AWMM
    • WWI J45376 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
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  • 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
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Kivell was a New Zealand volunteer aboard HMS Philomel during WW1. In 1915 Philomel operated in the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf.

    On 8 February HMS Philomel landed an armed party in Southern Turkey where a large force of Turkish soldiers were encountered, resulting in three seamen being killed and three wounded. Subsequently Philomel was deployed in the Red Sea and in the Persian Gulf. Throughout these operations Philomel was operated as a New Zealand ship, at the cost of the New Zealand Government. AWMM
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Death

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  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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