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James Victor Twidle

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Victor AWMM
  • Surname
    Twidle AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 6/3187 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1888 AWMM Pelorus Sound, Marlborough Sounds AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Union Street, Havelock, Marlborough, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    William George Thornhill Twidle (brother), Havelock, Marlborough, 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
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • 1917 Passchendaele AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 6/3187 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • James Twidle was the son of William (1865-1939) and Harriet (nee Pope) (1867 - 1949) Twidle, of Havelock, Marlborough, Blenheim.

    May have worked with brother William in a barber shop at Havelock before the war; he also worked as pay master at Brownlees Blockball Mill in 1908 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    10 August 1917 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France AWMM I. Z. 9. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Marlborough War Memorial, 20 Seymour Street, Blenheim, 7201 AWMM
    • Canvastown Memorial Hall, State Highway 6, Canvastown 7178 AWMM
    • Havelock War Memorial, Havelock AWMM
    • Marlborough Great War Memorial, WW1 AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books. AWMM
    • Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
      Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 740 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. 2: Includes portrait AWMM
    • The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM

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