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Cenotaph record

Tom Asher

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Identity

About

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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 October 1883 AWMM Tauranga, Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 18 May 1918 AWMM 14 Kuratawhiti Street, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Maata Asher (wife), PO Box 10, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
    Married, 2 children 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 82668 AWMM
  • Military service
    Royal New Zealand Artillery AWMM
  • 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 18 May 1918 AWMM
    Age 35 AWMM
    Farmer/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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 8 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      162 pounds AWMM
    • Remarks, Unknown Period AWMM
      Fractured leg, slight shortening and outward deformity, but the limb appears to be strong and there is no noticeable limp AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Maata Mahapuku, married 1914.

    Attested voluntarily AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 November 1966 AWMM
    Age 85 AWMM
    New Zealand AWMM
  • 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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