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Percy Palmer

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 561 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Percy AWMM
  • Surname
    Palmer AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 7/768 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    11 January 1889 AWMM Lyttelton, Christchurch AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 20 October 1914 AWMM Kaikoura, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Mary Palmer (mother), 252 Lincoln Road, Addington, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 December 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Sinai & Palestine AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 7/768 AWMM
  • Military service
    • 5 years Lyttelton Naval Cadets AWMM
    • 4 years Kaikoura Mounted Rifles AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 20 October 1914 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Shepherd/Civilian AWMM
    Canterbury, New Zealand 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
      5 feet 10 inches AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      Dark AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      primary cause of death Myocarditis; secondary cause Pneumonia AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    26 January 1921 AWMM
    Age 32 AWMM
    Kaikoura, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Kaikoura Cemetery, Kaikoura, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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