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Albert Ellerm

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Albert AWMM
  • Surname
    Ellerm AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 20513 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1869 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 2 May 1916 AWMM Feilding, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 20513 AWMM
  • Military service
    Mounted (7 years), Feilding AWMM
  • 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
    WW1 2 May 1916 AWMM
    Age 47 AWMM
    Settler/Civilian AWMM
    Trentham, Upper Hutt 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 6 1/4 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      160 pounds AWMM
    • Chest expansion, Unknown Period AWMM
      35 1/2 inches (min), 38 1/2 inches (max) AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      Dark AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Black AWMM
    • Distinguishing marks, Unknown Period AWMM
      Scar (2 1/2 inches long) on back of right calf. [described as an 'old cut' by medical examiner] AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Medical (Metatarsal bursitis): Right foot. Cause [illegible]. Was not a preexisting condition prior to enlistment but developed while on active service. Condition was noted as likely to persist for an indefinite period. Deemed unfit for military duties. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Henry Benjamin and Mary Ann Jemima Ellerm (nee McChesney).

    The following is a short chronology of Private Ellerm's war service compiled from his service record:

    Commenced duty on 1 [?] May 1916, attached to 16 Platoon, E Company.

    Transferred to 2nd Machine Gun Battalion on 25 August 1916.

    Transferred to Canteen on 23 November 1917.

    Note: The date of birth recorded on Ellerm's attestation form (20 April 1872) is incorrect. His true age at time of enlistment was 47 years. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    1 August 1925 AWMM
    Age 56 AWMM
    Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
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  • Obituary
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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