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Edward Westell Catchpole

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 31), Page: 23 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Westell AWMM
  • Surname
    Catchpole AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 12976 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Episcopalian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Westport, Buller District AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 12 January 1916 AWMM Blackball, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Holder (sister), Seddonville, Westport, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 6 May 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • Messines AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 12976 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 12 January 1916 AWMM
    Age 42 AWMM
    Miner/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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      6 foot AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      230 pounds AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      greenish grey AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Light brown AWMM
    • Remarks, Unknown Period AWMM
      he is very heavy but this is due to the size of frame and to muscular development AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Wounded August 1917, GSW left leg, right arm compound fracture severe AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Influenza AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Discharged with weakness of the right arm, and not fit for civil employment, an out-patient of Westport Hospital.

    Invalided to New Zealand on the Tahiti AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 November 1918 AWMM
    Age 45 AWMM
    Westport, Buller District AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Orowaiti Cemetery, Utopia Road/State Highway 67, Westport, Buller District, New Zealand AWMM Plot 20 Block E Row 21 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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