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Cenotaph record

Louis Beer Batten

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Louis Beer AWMM
  • Surname
    Batten AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Lewis AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 71990 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 January 1894 AWMM Onehunga, Auckland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 1 January 1918 AWMM Parish Road, Mt Albert, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Caretaker/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J. Batten (mother), Parish Road, Mt Albert, 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 71990 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 Jan 1918 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Cutter/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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Escorted to Trentham Military Camp.

    Failed to register under Military Service Act. Refused to be individually examined medically. Sentenced for 2 years imprisonment for refusing to take kit.

    Named Louis on Military record, and as Lewis on BDM , deaths and Cemetery record AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    10 May 1963 AWMM
    Age 68 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hillsborough Cemetery, Hillsborough Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Area 12 Block B Lot No 57 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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