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Francis John Earles

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 207 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 207 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Francis John AWMM
  • Surname
    Earles AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/1230 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 September 1877 AWMM Wanganui : Whanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Mackay Street, Wanganui East, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    H. Earles (father), Wanganui East, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 December 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/1230 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 Sailmaker/Civilian AWMM
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  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    POW - Bilemedik Pozanti, Turkey New Zealand High Commission, (1917).
    No.512 AWMM
  • Days interned
    8 August 1915 to 16 December 1918. Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 17 April 2018 - Military File & "New Zealanders Captured by the Ottomans" : New Zealand History Online : www.nzhistory,org.nz
  • Liberation date
    16 December 1918. Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 17 April 2018 - Military File & "New Zealanders Captured by the Ottomans" : New Zealand History Online : www.nzhistory,org.nz
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWI 512 AWMM

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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    • Brother of Private Robert Wheeler Earles : NZEF Service # 10/340 - of the Wellington Infantry Regiment NZEF - who was killed in action 9 May 1915 at the 'Daisy Patch', Gallipoli, Turkey - aged 23 years. Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 17 April 2018 - Military File of Private R.W. Earles : AWMM.
    • Corporal Francis J. Earles returned home to New Zealand - via England - aboard HMT 'Hororata' -departing Plymouth, England on 28 July 1919. Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 17 April 2018 - Military File : AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    13 September 1947 AWMM
    Wanganui : Whanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui 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

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R20999801
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand High Commission (Great Britain). (1917). A short sketch of the work of the New Zealand Prisoners of War Department in London and of other undertakings connected with the war. London, England: High Commissioner for New Zealand. AWMM
    • Health, Welfare, etc. - Repatriation of Prisoners of War including statements giving circumstances of capture and treatment in captivity, 29 September 1915 - 5 February 1919. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, 10/75 (R25103206) AWMM
      New Zealand Prisoners of War in Turkey, Bilemedik, Pozanti. No. 512 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: 207 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 4: Includes portrait AWMM

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