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Cenotaph record

English Māori

Reuben James Bird

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Reuben James AWMM
  • Surname
    Bird AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 11/1394 AWMM
    • WWII 824042 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 September 1884 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Reuben Bird (father), Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 August 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Canterbury, New Zealand 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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  • Selected for a commission as Captain of the Indian Army Reserve of Officers. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    26 January 1954 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • 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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22 April 2016VictoriaWellingtonResearcher
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