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Cenotaph record

English Māori

Harold Walter Braithwaite

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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
    Harold Walter AWMM
  • Surname
    Braithwaite AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 26027 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    13 April 1895 AWMM Island Bay, Wellington AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Main Road, Johnsonville, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Theresa Braithwaite (mother), Main Road, Johnsonville, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 25 September 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 26027 AWMM
  • Military service
    • 18 months senioer cadets AWMM
    • 2 years Railway Engineers (Sergeant) 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 Unknown AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Railway clerk/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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Wounded 5 January 1918, leg AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Wounded 11 January 1918 back AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Septicemia AWMM
    • Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Harold Braithwaite was the son of Walter and Theresa Braithwaite, of Chamberlain Road, Johnsonville, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    16 February 1918 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM VIII. C. 21. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. Image provided by John Halpin 2017, CC BY John Halpin 2017. AWMM

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