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William Richard Goldfinch

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 269 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 269 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Richard AWMM
  • Surname
    Goldfinch AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/110 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 Takapau, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Maggie Goldfinch (mother), Latham Street, Napier, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/110 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 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
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • From my earliest years early 1960's) I remembered a large shiny brass plaque on the formal lounge room wall at My Grandfather's (Francis Henry Goldfinch's) home in Hastings. The name on the plaque was William Richard Goldfinch. He was Frank's late brother and I seem to recall my mother (his niece) telling me he never recovered from his experiences in the war and may have committed suicide in 1920 the year I see in a record of his death. Such was the stigma I can only assume the family kept it quiet, along with his existence, because neither of my grandparents would ever discuss who he was. I have never forgotten him and this year, on Anzac Day 2015 I have searched the NZ military archives and this site and found him. He served in WW1 in the NZEF from 1914 but was invalided out in 1916 with a bullet wound in his upper thigh, the bullet unable to be removed. God rest his soul.
    Public - Gordon - Other Relative - 25 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • 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: 269 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. 4: Includes portrait AWMM

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09 November 2023DeniseNapierResearcher
25 April 2015Gordon New plymouth, New ZealandOther Relative

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