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Norman Cummins

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 167 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Norman AWMM
  • Surname
    Cummins AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 8/3550 AWMM
    • WWI 1/322 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 April 1893 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre Aug 1914 AWMM 33 Drummond Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs J.E. Cummins (mother), 33 Drummond Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    1916 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Aug 1914 AWMM
      Capture of Samoa, WW1 AWMM
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 8/3550 AWMM
    • WWI 1/322 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Norman Cummins was the son of William Henry and Julia Eliza Cummins, of 33 Drummond St., Wellington, New Zealand.

    Served 30 days hard labour for drunkeness, February 1915. Sentence commuted to 30 Days Field Punishment No. 1 in Samoa, signed 12 February 1915.
    Returned from Samoa HMNZT 16, Talune.

    Appointed Lance Corporal March 1916 whilst in Egypt; relinquished rank at own request 5 June 1916 in the field France. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    15 September 1916 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM

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09 May 2023Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
17 April 2018AllanRotoruaResearcher

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