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Cenotaph record

Norman Robert Alderson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Norman Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Alderson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 84190 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 July 1897 AWMM Bradford, England AWMM
    Bradford, Yorkshire, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 1 April 1905 AWMM C/o YMCA, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Mary Alderson (mother), Otaitai Bush, Riverston, 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 84190 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 1918 AWMM Clerk 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 10 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      140 pounds AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Attested 5 October 1917. Balloted

    Imprisoned twice for disobedience, refusing to take possession of kit, June 1918 and the July 1918. He pleaded not guilty found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour for 2 years in August 1918. AWMM

Death

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  • 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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