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Louis Huntley Meyrick

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HMNZT 37. Quinn's Post. (1915). At sea: Officers and men, 9th Reinforcement.

HMNZT 37. Quinn's Post. (1915). At sea: Officers and men, 9th Reinforcement.

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Louis Huntley AWMM
  • Surname
    Meyrick AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 12/3726 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    AWMM
    New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M. Meyrick (mother), Newmarket Hotel, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 12/3726 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 Ironmonger/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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Louis Mayrick was one of 28 New Zealand servicemen who were court-martialled and sentenced to death during the First World War. This was commuted to a suspended sentence of five years' Penal Servitude. Pugsley, ‘On the Fringe of Hell’, pp.350-51. AWMM

Death

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  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    The Borough of Newmarket War Memorial, Auckland Council Archives AWMM

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