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David George Aghan

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Portrait of David and Alfred Aghan. Image kindly provided by Aghan family. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of David and Alfred Aghan. Image kindly provided by Aghan family. Image has no known copyri …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    David George AWMM
  • Surname
    Aghan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 13299 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 June 1892 AWMM AWMM
    Australia AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 274 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    William Young Aghan (father), 23 Mountfield Street, Brunswick East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 27 May 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

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 Unknown AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    French Polisher/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
      5 feet 7 inches AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      Dark AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Black AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      9 stone AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Admitted at Kantara 24 August 1917 AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Transported on hospital train to Cairo AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Admitted to convalescent home in Heliopolis, Egypt due to effect of heat AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Admitted to convalescent home in Port Said 13 September 1917 where his condition improved. AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      29 September 1917 Discharged , fit for duty AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Arrived in England and from England went to Egypt.

    Came home to New Zealand on the "Ulimaroa" (ship)

    Brother of Alfred Aghan (13300).

    Of Chinese descent. AWMM

Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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