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Robert Wheeler Earles

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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
    Robert Wheeler AWMM
  • Surname
    Earles AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/340 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    11 December 1892 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • 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
    Mrs J. Earles, Mackay Street, Wanganui East, 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 10/340 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 Unknown AWMM 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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 7.5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      145 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of Henry W. Earles and Jeanette Earles, of 65, Jellicoe St., Wanganui

      Parents: Jeanette Earles, 65 Jellicoe Street, Wanganui, and the late Henry W. Earles AWMM
    • Brother of Corporal Francis John Earles : NZEF Service # 10/1230. Also served at Gallipoli. Corporal F.J. Earles was captured - by Turkish Forces - on 8 August 1915 at Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli, Turkey. He was interred as a POW at Bilemendik Pozanti POW Camp, Turkey (POW # 512). Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 17 April 2018 - Military File of Corporal F.J. Earles & "New Zealanders Captured by the Ottomans" : New Zealand History Online : www.nzhistory.org.nz
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Death

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  • Death
    9 May 1915 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Helles, Turkey AWMM Special Memorial C. 127. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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20 August 2019AndrewAuckland, NZOther
17 April 2018JeniferWairarapaResearcher

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