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Rex Cole

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Headstone of Private Rex Cole (11832). Oxford Road Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. New Zealand War Graves Trust (BEDE6161). CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Headstone of Private Rex Cole (11832). Oxford Road Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. New Ze …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Rex AWMM
  • Surname
    Cole AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 11832 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
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Martin T. Cole (father), Roslyn Terrace, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 11832 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 Farm hand/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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Rex Cole was the son of Martin T. D. and Ada Cole, of 5 Roslyn Terrace, Timaru, New Zealand. Also served in Egypt. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    8 February 1918 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Oxford Road Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM III. G. 7. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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24 April 2018AllanRotoruaResearcher

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