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Cenotaph record

Percy Herbert Windleborn

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Photo 1: Percy Windleborn, Wakefield, 1910s. - No known copyright restrictions

Photo 1: Percy Windleborn, Wakefield, 1910s. - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Percy Herbert AWMM
  • Surname
    Windleborn AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Putt Windleborn AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 80399 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Wesleyan, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 July 1885 AWMM Belgrove, Tasman AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 31 January 1918 AWMM Brightwater, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Railway carpenter/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E. Windleborn (wife), Brightwater, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1 August 1918 AWMM Married 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 80399 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 31 January 1918 AWMM
    Age 32 AWMM
    Farmer/Civilian AWMM
    Nelson, Tasman 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 10 inches AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      Fresh AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Dark AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • First child of Heinrich and Dorothea Windleborn.

    Married Ethel Newth at Spring Grove on 4 June 1913. They had no children.

    When he enlisted in 1918, Percy gave his birth year as 1890 rather than 1885, making it appear that he was only 28.

    Returned to New Zealand on 23 July 1919.

    He died suddenly while in his rail carriage office at Waiiti station. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 March 1945 AWMM
    Age 58 AWMM
    Nelson, Tasman AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Brightwater Cemetery, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22021338
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      88: 12 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM

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