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Henry O'Bernie Furlong

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Headstone, Old Levin Cemetery (Tiro Tiro Road) - No known copyright restrictions

Headstone, Old Levin Cemetery (Tiro Tiro Road) - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Henry O'Bernie AWMM
  • Surname
    Furlong AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 2244 AWMM
    • 55714 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • AWMM
    • 30 May 1876 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    C.M. Furlong (brother), Linton, Manawatu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Wool classer/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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • War service: 1 year 42 days (of which 268 days were abroad)

    Father was named Charles Burford South Furlong. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    16 September 1918 AWMM
    Age 42 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Old Levin Cemetery (Tiro Tiro Road), Corner Mako Mako and Tiro Tiro Road, Levin, New Zealand AWMM Block 39 Lot 42 (Church of England Portion) AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    "Henry Obernie (sic) Furlong, aged 41, was found dead in the yard at the Levin Hotel last evening. He was a returned soldier, who enlisted at Masterton and served one year, being discharged with a pension in July suffering from a weak heart.

    He came to Levin yesterday to inquire about a position. Deceased also served in the South African war." Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 1 September 2015 - National Library of New Zealand; Paperspast portal; Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 222, 17 September 1918, Page 2; http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=AS19180917.2.17&e=-------10--1----0--
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Memorials

Memorial

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    • Memorial gates, Greytown Soldiers Memorial Park, Kuratawhiti Street, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM
    • Memorial trees, 117 lime trees, Avenue of Remembrance, Greytown Soldiers Memorial Park, Kuratawhiti Street, Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM

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01 September 2015SarndraAuckland, New ZealandResearcher

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