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Henry George Talbot

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 26), Page: 21 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 26), Page: 21 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Henry George AWMM
  • Surname
    Talbot AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 2/2919 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Alice M. Talbot (wife), care of Mrs Bowman, 461 Manchester Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 2/2919 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Carpenter/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
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      6' 0" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      148 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Henry Talbot was the husband of Mrs. A. M. Talbot, Auckland, New Zealand.

    Embarked Wellington, 4 March 1916; disembarked Suez, 10 April 1916.
    Embarked Port Said for France, 14 April 1916.
    Admitted to 26th General Hospital, Havre, 5 May 1916 (no further details recorded).
    Posted to 3rd Brigade Ammunition Column, 10 May 1916.
    Transferred to 2nd Brigade, 10 June 1916.
    Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, Divisional Rest Station, 10 July 1916 (bronchitis); discharged to un it, 18 July 1916; rejoined 6th Battery, Pont de Nieppe, 19 July 1916.
    Killed in action, 27 September 1916.

    Wife: Mrs A.M. Talbot, Auckland AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    27 September 1916 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Thistle Dump Cemetery, High Wood, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM D. 20. AWMM
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  • Memorial name
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  • Henry George Talbot was my Great Uncle. My Grandfather Francis Ernest Talbot's brother. Both my great uncle and my grandfather died before I was born so we never met. But I would like to acknowledge what he did when he signed up for this ghastly war.
    Public - Joy - Other relative - 27 April 2017
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27 April 2017Joy Christchurch, New ZealandOther relative

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