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Percy George Alfred Talbot

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1916 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1916 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Percy George Alfred AWMM
  • Surname
    Talbot AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Percy Alfred George AWMM
    • Percy Alfred George AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/2832 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 20 Hiropi Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Mary Talbot (mother), 20 Hiropi Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 9 October 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Battle of the Somme AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/2832 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 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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Mary and Percy George Talbot, of 54, Tirangi Rd., Kilbirnie, Wellington.

    He is commemorated on the bell Fricourt given by his mother Mary Talbot for the National War Memorial Carillon, Wellington.

    name listed as Percy Alfred George Talbot on the Nominal Roll AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    16 September 1916 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM
    • National War Memorial Carillon, 41 Buckle Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

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Sources

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  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 709 AWMM
    • National War Memorial and Carillon, Wellington, New Zealand : dedicated Anzac Day, 25th April 1932, to the glory of God and to the memory of the New Zealanders that died in the Great War, 1914 to 1918. [1933]. Wellington, N.Z.: Printed by Blundell Bros. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Dry Rations, or, The Aparima Apparition : with which is incorporated the Waikanae wash-out and The Tauherenikau trumpeter : unofficial organ of the 7th Rfts, Transport No. 32 AWMM

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15 September 2023Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
14 September 2022Norm Havelock North NZResearcher
17 February 2020AllanRotoruaResearcher

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