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Herbert Vincent Fairlie

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  • Service number
    • WWI 11/1082 AWMM
    • WWII: N/N Public - Lorraine M - Other relative - 9 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Also known as
    Bert or Bertie Public - Lorraine Mona - Other Relative - 26 May 2015 - Military & Family Records
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Mounted Rifles Public - Lorraine Mona - Other Relative - 14 May 2015 - Military Records
    • Wellington Mounted Rifles; NZ Engineers Signal Section; NZ Raratonga Coy Public - Lorraine M - Other relative - 9 October 2015 - Military Record
    • WWII: Home Guard: Tairawhiti & Ngati Porou Btns Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
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Identity

About

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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 January 1895 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    22 January 1895 Public - Lorraine Mona - Other Relative - 26 May 2015 - Family Records
  • Place of birth
    Tokomaru Bay Public - Lorraine Mona - Other Relative - 26 May 2015 - Family Records
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM
    • Waima, Tokomaru Bay, NZ Public - Lorraine Mona - Other Relative - 14 May 2015 - Family Records
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer at Te Araroa Public - Lorraine Mona - Other Relative - 26 May 2015 - Family Records
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • H.H. Fairlie (father), Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM
    • son of Herbert Henry and Peti Fairlie of Tokomaru Bay Public - Lorraine Mona - Other Relative - 14 May 2015 - Family Records
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Single Public - Lorraine Mona - Other Relative - 14 May 2015 - Family Records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    • Galipolli Public - Lorraine Mona - Other Relative - 14 May 2015 - Military Records
    • Egyptian & Egyptian E.F. - Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Balkin; WWII: Home Guard Public - Lorraine M - Other relative - 9 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Mounted Rifles Public - Lorraine Mona - Other Relative - 14 May 2015 - Military Records
    • Wellington Mounted Rifles; NZ Engineers Signal Section; NZ Raratonga Coy Public - Lorraine M - Other relative - 9 October 2015 - Military Record
    • WWII: Home Guard: Tairawhiti & Ngati Porou Btns Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    • WWI 11/1082 AWMM
    • WWII: N/N Public - Lorraine M - Other relative - 9 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Military service
    • 1914-1916 3rd REinforcements Wellington Mounted Rifles; 1916-1917 Signal Troop, NZ Engineers; 1917-1 Public - Lorraine Mona - Other Relative - 14 May 2015 - Military Records
    • 1914-1919; Terriorials 1919-1921 Public - Lorraine M - Other relative - 9 October 2015 - Military Record
    • 1940-1945: Home Guard Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
    • Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
      London Gazette 16 January 1918, p937 AWMM
    • The Victory War Medal
      The 1914-1915 Star Medal
      Clasp attached to the Victory War Medal in recognition for acts of bravery and being mentioned in dispatches Public - Lorraine Mona - Other Relative - 26 May 2015 - Military & Family Records
    • The British War Medal Public - Lorraine M - Other relative - 9 October 2015 - Military Record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Trentham Training Camp Public - Lorraine Mona - Other Relative - 14 May 2015 - Military Records
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Trooper AWMM
      AWMM
    • 29 Dec 1914 at Trentham Public - Lorraine M - Other relative - 9 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Post & Telegraph Dept in Tokomaru Bay Post Office Public - Lorraine Mona - Other Relative - 26 May 2015 - Family Records
  • Age on enlistment
    20 yrs Public - Lorraine Mona - Other Relative - 14 May 2015 - Military Records

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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    • 2nd Lieutenant Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 27 March 2016 - Military Record
    • WWII: T/Sergeant Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 April 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    16 June 1964 Public Source
  • Date of death
    16 June 1964 Public - Lorraine Mona - Other Relative - 26 May 2015 - Family Records
  • Age at death
    69 yrs Public - Lorraine Mona - Other Relative - 26 May 2015 - Family Records
  • Place of death
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Other Relative - 26 May 2015 - Family Records
  • Cause of death
    Heart failure Public - Lorraine Mona - Other Relative - 26 May 2015 - Family Records
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Taruheru Cemetery Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 15 September 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Block 26; Plot 73, Warrant # 24609 Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 15 September 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

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Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Herbert Vincent Fairlie

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  • The past year has been an interesting one, I have learnt alot about the soldiers from the Coast, your mates in war and I have tried to give the many names listed faces with photos and details I have found. Love you Poppa and always thinking of you, Rest in peace, Lorraine
    Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 April 2016
    Report 
  • Always loved and will always be missed by us, the Fairlie Family of the East Coast and Gisborne
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Other Relative - 14 May 2015
    Report 

Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21001956
    Further Reference
  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. 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: 221 AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
09 November 2022Lorraine Mona GisborneResearcher
25 April 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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