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Richard Ewen Egglestone

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard Ewen AWMM
  • Surname
    Egglestone AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 8/1010 AWMM
    • WWI 8/1070 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 135 Cargill Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Joseph Egglestone (father), 135 Cargill Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 8/1010 AWMM
    • WWI 8/1070 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 Otago, 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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Mary J. Egglestone, of 135, Cargill St., Dunedin, and the late Joseph Egglestone. Native of Lawrence, Otago.

    Serial Number appears as 8/1010 in Nominal Rolls, as 8/1070 in Archives New Zealand AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    • 2 May 1915 AWMM
      Age 26 AWMM
      Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
    • 10 May 1915 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
      Age 27 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Andersons Bay General Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 94, Plot 25 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM

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30 August 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
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