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Bertha Louisa Forrester

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 239 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 239 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Bertha Louisa AWMM
  • Surname
    Forrester AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 22/232 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female 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 Nurses' Club, Manukau Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    John Forrester (father), Burnett Street, Ashburton, Canterbury, 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 22/232 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    25 March 1969 Public Source
  • Date of death
    25 March 1969 Public - elli - 24 January 2015 - Archives NZ Wellington - CWGC (Non-war grave card index)
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Levin Public - elli - 24 January 2015 - Archives NZ Wellington - CWGC (Non-war grave card index)
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Otaki Services Public - elli - 24 January 2015 - Archives NZ Wellington - CWGC (Non-wra grave card index)
  • 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/R21004131
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 239 AWMM
    • Service Women Project: Sponsorship to research this record was kindly provided by the Auckland Returned Services Association, Returned Servicewomen's Branch; Marjorie Traill, Dorothy Grant, Daphne Shaw and Margaret Woollett. AWMM
    • McNabb, S. (2015). 100 years New Zealand military nursing : New Zealand Army nursing service : Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps, 1915-2015. Hawke's Bay, N.Z.: Sherayl McNabb. AWMM

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20 August 2021PeterNelsonResearcher
24 January 2015elliWellingtonOther

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