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Charles Leslie Sommerville

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Leslie AWMM
  • Surname
    Sommerville AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 16038 AWMM
    • South African N/N AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    18 May 1874 Public Source Wanganui, New Zealand Public Source
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs K. Sommerville (wife), Okoia, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Manuka then transhipped to "Malwa" at Sydney for Suez, Egypt

    There is a reference to Major Sommerville in a letter from Jessie Mason in the Mason collection. (Refer to the Cenotaph Database records for Richard Burnside Mason and Robert Egremont Mason). AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    2 April 1918 AWMM
    Palestine, Middle East AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    St Mary's Cathedral Church. Parnell, Auckland 1052 AWMM

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Sources

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08 April 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
26 January 2019AllanRotoruaResearcher

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