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Walter Henry Caves

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Walter Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Caves AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 212790 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Protestant, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 June 1884 AWMM Warwickshire, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Butcher/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1917 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Somme AWMM
    • 1917 Passchendaele AWMM
    • Ypres AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 212790 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 1916 AWMM
    Age 32 AWMM
    Butcher/Civilian AWMM
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  • 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
      Shrapnel AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Heart failure AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Next of kin on embarkation: Mrs Anne C Caves (wife)

    Mr Caves enlisted and fought with the British Army. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    21 July 1956 AWMM
    Age 72 AWMM
    Hastings, Hawkes Bay AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hastings Cemetery, Orchard Road, Hastings, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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    Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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