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Arthur Cleave

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  • Service number
    WWI 23/96 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st Btn NZ Rifle Brigade Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 January 2016 - Military record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Sergeant Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 December 2015 - Military record
  • Forenames
    Arthur AWMM
  • Surname
    Cleave AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 23/96 AWMM
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 December 2015 - Military record
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Protestant Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 December 2015 - Military record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 March 1886 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    19 March 1886 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 December 2015 - Military record
  • Place of birth
    • England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 December 2015 - Military record
    • St.Columb, Cornwall, England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 January 2016 - Research
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 29 Salisbury Road, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Eldred Cleave (brother), care of A. D. Bennetts, Cheshire, Connecticut, United States of America AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 9 October 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian, Gallipoli & Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 January 2016 - Military record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st Btn NZ Rifle Brigade Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 January 2016 - Military record
  • Service number
    WWI 23/96 AWMM
  • Military service
    1915 - 1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 January 2016 - Military record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Draper for Adair Bros, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 December 2015 - Military record
  • Age on enlistment
    29yrs 2mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 January 2016 - 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
    Other, WWI AWMM
    Nature of Injury: Loss right leg Pension: 32/- Percent of disability: [Not stated] Source: New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • The Auckland Museum Library's manuscripts collection holds further biographical information relating to Cleave's war service. [Ref. MS 2003/45]

      Present address (as listed in New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%): Mrs. S. Brewer, Rumford, Cornwall, England AWMM
    • Oct 1916 - Rifleman Cleave, recently reported wounded, was in charge of the dress department at Messrs Adair Bros, when he enlisted. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 December 2015 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14117, 7 October 1916, Page 8
    • Dec 1916 - Advice has been, received that Private Arthur Cleave, of Gisborne, formerly in the employ of Messrs Adair Bros., was severely injured in the Somme battle. He states in a letter to a friend that in the advance one leg was shattered and the other hurt. There was no one near to assist him, and he crawled a long distance, and got into a shell hole to rest. He tried to get on again, and as he arose out of the shell hole a bullet struck him in the back. This injury affected his lungs. After much pain and trouble, he ultimately got back to the lines, and was sent to a hospital in England. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 January 2016 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14168, 9 December 1916, Page 7
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    20 September 1954 Public Source
  • Date of death
    20 September 1954 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 December 2015 - Military Record
  • Age at death
    68yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 January 2016 - Free BMD.org.uk
  • Place of death
    • England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 December 2015 - Military Record
    • Surrey North, Surrey, England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 January 2016 - Free BMD.org.uk
  • 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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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21895086
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Military Personnel file AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 132 AWMM
    • Clark, George Barraclough. Papers relating to George Barraclough Clark, 1973. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2003/45. AWMM
    • New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%, compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent War Pensions, and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) Discharged and undischarged hospital patients, assessed as suffering permanent disability, but not yet in receipt of a pension at date (28-4-20). New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. NZ Times Co. (Printer). AWMM

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03 January 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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