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Māori

Charles Wilson Austen

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Detail, Rangiriri Memorial, Rangiriri Cemetery name face 2nd Battalion, 14th Regiment. No Known Copyright.

Detail, Rangiriri Memorial, Rangiriri Cemetery name face 2nd Battalion, 14th Regiment. No Known Copy …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Wilson AWMM
  • Surname
    Austen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Austin AWMM
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    15 September 1818 AWMM Kent, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    New Zealand Wars AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1863-1864 AWMM
      Waikato War, 1863-1864 AWMM
    • Rangiriri (20 November 1863) AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, New Zealand Wars AWMM
      Wounded at Koheroa, 12 July 1863. AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, New Zealand Wars AWMM
      Very severely wounded at Rangiriri 20 November 1863 with a ball lodged in his thigh AWMM
    • Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Listed as wounded in the Nominal Return of Killed and Wounded at Rangiriri, 20 November, 1863 (AJHR 1863)

    Incorrectly named Austin on the Anglican memorial of removed graves AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    Dec 1863 AWMM
    New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Symonds Street Cemetery, 105 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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