condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Vincent Frederick Norman Capes

Lay a poppy
Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 109 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 109 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Vincent Frederick Norman AWMM
  • Surname
    Capes AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 24/380 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    7 August 1894 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    J.W. Capes (father), Rosebank Road, Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 9 October 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 24/380 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

Contribute ›
  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      150 lb AWMM

Last known rank

Contribute ›
  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Disembarked Egypt, 18 November 1915.
    Embarked Alexandria for France, 6 April 1916.
    Wounded in action, 30 June 1916 (shrapnel wound, left hand and back), and admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance; transferred to No 22 General Hospital, Camiers, 1 June 1916; to England, 6 June 1916, and admitted to 1/4 Northern General Hospital, Lincoln, 6 June 1916; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 20 September 1916.
    Classified unfit by Medical Board and placed on NZ Roll, 24 January 1917.
    Commenced return to NZ from Plymouth on board RMS 'Ionic', 14 February 1917; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in action), 8 May 1917.
    Total war service: 1 year 345 days (of which 1 year 184 days was abroad) AWMM
Read more

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
  • 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

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Vincent Frederick Norman Capes by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Vincent Frederick Norman Capes

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›

Contributors

Command item
Command item
Add new record Refresh
DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
08 March 2016AllanRotoruaResearcher

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.