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Charles Head

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Nominal Roll Vol 4 (Roll 78), Page: 5 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 4 (Roll 78), Page: 5 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Head AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 69083 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Congregational, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 June 1896 Military personnel file Niue, Polynesia Military personnel file
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 City Buffet Hotel, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 R.H. Head (father), Tuapa, Niue Island, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • Le Quesnoy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 69083 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 16 October 1917 Military personnel file
    Age 31 AWMM
    Blacksmith/Civilian Military personnel file
    Featherston Camp, Featherston Military personnel file
  • 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
    • 20 July 1917 AWMMHeight, WWI AWMM
      5 foot 5 inches AWMM
    • 20 July 1917 AWMMWeight, WWI AWMM
      128 pounds AWMM
    • 20 July 1917 AWMMComplexion, WWI AWMM
      Dusky AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Henry Head. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 November 1957 Military personnel file
    Age 71 AWMM
    Shannon, Manawatu Military personnel file
  • 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 Returned Services Association Row 7 Plot 62 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      78: 5 AWMM
    • Pointer, M. (2015). Niue 1774-1974 : 200 years of conflict and change. Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press. AWMM
    • Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • The Le Quesnoy Campaign research was undertaken by the New Zealand Society of Genealogists as part of the development of New Zealand Liberation Museum - Te Arawhata (Le Quesnoy France). This research project was led by CJ Barbour (NZSG), BI Silvester, HH Farrant (NZMHS) with the support of NZSG volunteers (2022). The individuals included in this research data set were verified as serving in Le Quesnoy. AWMM

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