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William Aiken Fairclough

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 221 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 221 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Aiken AWMM
  • Surname
    Fairclough AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 3/1312 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1881 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Reverend P.W. Fairclough (father), Kaiapoi, New Zealand AWMM
    • Reverend P.W. Fairclough (father), Kaiapoi, New Zealand AWMM
    • Reverend P.D. Fairclough (father), Kaiapoi, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 4 December 1915 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 3/1312 AWMM
  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    1968 AWMM
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  • Age at death
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  • Obituary
    WILLIAM AIKEN FAIRCLOUGH, 1881-1968

    The long and active life of one of New Zealand's leading ophthalmologists has ended. Fairclough's interest in the specialty started with his spell as resident house surgeon at the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital in 1907, after which he passed the F.R.C.S.E. examination and returned to New Zealand. He became a Foundation Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1928, and for 28 years was a senior honorary ophthalmic surgeon at Auckland
    Hospital. He became particularly interested in gas keratitis, contact lens work (he attended Dallos's clinic in 1938), and heredity in retinoblastoma. In addition he presented papers at meetings of zoological societies and similar institutions.

    Fairclough was a man of great integrity who never hesitated to defend his own rights or those of his profession, and he was a force majeure in New Zealand ophthalmology for four decades. The long span of his life may be judged from the fact that when batting for London Hospital against London County he was caught by none other than W. G. Grace. To his surviving son deep sympathy is extended.

    Provided by Fairclough family. AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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    Memorial Roll of Honour, Auckland Hospital (old building), Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

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Sources

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  • References
    • Pat Clarkson Medical Practitioner Research Project (January 2014 - March 2022). This project identified Medical Practioners who served in WWI. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 221 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      73: 1 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      79: 7 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. 3: Includes portrait AWMM

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