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Eric Herschell Atkey

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  • Service number
    WWI 10/1729 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Wellington Infantry Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Eric Herschell AWMM
  • Surname
    Atkey AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/1729 AWMM
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    12 September 1897 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    • 12 September 1897 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Military Record
    • Born 1887, Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Research
  • Place of birth
    • England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Military Record
    • Bournemouth, Hampshire, England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Research
  • Birth notes
    son of Frederick Charles & Mary Helen ATKEY Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Research
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Kenilworth, Hill Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss G. Dodshun (friend),Kenilworth, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 17 April 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
    • 25 Dec 1915 Married Gertrude Dodgshun In London Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Research

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian - Gallipoli Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Wellington Infantry Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 10/1729 AWMM
  • Military service
    1915-1916 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
    to L/Cpl>Cpl>Sgt>Pte Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Military Record

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 AWMM
    • 15 Jan 1915 at Trentham Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Farmer Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    27yrs 4 mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Military Record

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
    1915 wounded at Gallipoli - invalided to England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Military Record

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • New Zealand issued Silver War Badge (SWB) - The SWB was intended to be worn with civilian clothes (it was forbidden to be worn on a military uniform). The SWB was given to discharged soldiers to prevent them being accosted by women with white feathers (a symbol of cowardice), which were presented to able-bodied men on the home front who were not wearing a uniform. This collection includes SWBs given to soldiers across the Commonwealth. A typical record lists name, rank, regiment number, unit, date of enlistment, date of discharge and reason for discharge. The early NZ issues seem to have been soldiers with NOK in England.
    Silver War Badge Records, 1914-1920. There is 814 listed under New Zealand
    Eric Herschell Atkey New Zealand Well. Inf. Regt. was one of these NZ Soldiers Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NEW-ZEALAND/2012-03/1331567305
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    1957 Public Source
  • Date of death
    1957 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Free BMD Records
  • Age at death
    69yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Free BMD Records
  • Place of death
    Hendon, Middlesex, England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 October 2015 - Free BMD Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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18 October 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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