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Cecil Arthur Amos

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Mr Amos. Nelson Provincial Museum, Tyree Studio Collection: 90981

Mr Amos. Nelson Provincial Museum, Tyree Studio Collection: 90981

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cecil Arthur AWMM
  • Surname
    Amos AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 38254 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 16 August 1895 AWMM Hawera, Taranaki AWMM
    • 16 August 1895 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    16 August 1895 Public - Peter - Researcher - 5 September 2017 - Military Personnel File
  • Place of birth
    Hawera Public - Peter - Researcher - 5 September 2017 - Military Personnel File
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs W.H. Amos (mother), Brougham Street, Nelson, 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 38254 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 Railway engineer/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
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of William Henry and Eleanor Rose Amos, of 25, Halifax St., Nelson, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM II. A. 28 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Nelson War Memorial Public - Peter - Researcher - 5 September 2017 - Audit of Nelson regional Memorials combined with local research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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Contributors

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27 September 2017JeniferWairarapaResearcher
05 September 2017PeterNelson, New ZealandResearcher

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