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Sidney Henry Bruford

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Portrait, standing in a suit, studio painted backdrop behind (kindly provided by a cousin) - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, standing in a suit, studio painted backdrop behind (kindly provided by a cousin) - No know …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Sidney Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Bruford AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Sid AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 3/987 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 September 1893 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Bell Road, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E.C. McCoombes (mother), Bell Road, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 9 October 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 3/987 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 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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Charles Augustus Bruford and Esther Caroline Bruford nee Thompson.

    His father Charles Bruford died in 1900, was headmaster of Newmarket School, Auckland. Some years later Esther remarried to Frederick McCoombs. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    12 February 1950 AWMM
    Age 56 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Anglican Soldiers. Block K. Section 13. Plot 31 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    New Zealand Herald 13 February 1950 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21889191
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 88 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      New Zealand Herald 13 February 1950 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 4: Includes portrait AWMM

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