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Francis Edward George Broad

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 79 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 79 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Francis Edward George AWMM
  • Surname
    Broad AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 3/387 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    25 July 1886 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    25th July 1886 Public - Stephen - Other relative - 11 September 2017 - Welsh Newspapers Online:
  • Place of birth
    65, Crockherbtown, Cardiff, Wales Public - Stephen - Other relative - 11 September 2017 - Welsh Newspapers Online:
  • Birth notes
    Baptised at the Church of St. Andrew, Cardiff on 18th Aug 1886. Public - Stephen - Other relative - 11 September 2017 - Welsh Newspapers Online:
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Care of F. S. R. Broad, Pahiatua, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Entertainer, In November 1940 re-enlisted as Warrant Officer 1st Class, Northern Military District. Public - Stephen - Other relative - 11 September 2017 - PapersPast
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW1 Mrs Ewen Broad (wife), 11 Seddon Avenue, Waihi, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Truly Mrs GWEN Broad, (nee Morgan) - divorced Auckland in 1916. Public - Stephen - Other relative - 11 September 2017 - Marriage records UK
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 14 December 1914 AWMM Married AWMM
    • Married in Cardiff, Wales, in 1909 Public - Stephen - Other relative - 11 September 2017 - UK marriage records
    • On Sep 11 1918, at St David's Presbyterian Church, Auckland, Frank married Pearl MELVILLE. Pearl, born 25 Feb 1894 in Mahurangi, died 21 Jun 1962 in Devonport, Auckland. Public - STEPHEN - Other relative - 2 October 2023 - The New Zealand Herald of 12 Oct 1918

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 3/387 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 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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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Francis (by then known as Frank) died in the Mater Misercordiae Hospital, New Zealand on 10 Mar 1966, aged 79, & was cremated at Purewa on 12 Mar 1966. A plaque in his memory was later installed at Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, by the Returned Soldiers Association.
    Public - Stephen - Other relative - 11 September 2017
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Radio interview with Frank Broad, 1957 https://ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item Public - Sarah - Researcher - 23 April 2019 - The Hill: the story of Rotorua Public Hospital. Recorded 1957. Retrieved from https://ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=219540
  • References
    New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    Page No: 79 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
02 October 2023STEPHENPinnerOther relative
23 April 2019SarahChristchurchResearcher

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