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Ralph Stanley Culling Jefferis

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ralph Stanley Culling AWMM
  • Surname
    Jefferis AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 8/2956 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 February 1891 AWMM Flag Swamp, Otago AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 12 June 1915 AWMM Otiake, North Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Rowland Jefferis (father), Otiake, North Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 9 October 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 8/2956 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 12 June 1915 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Farmer/Civilian AWMM
    Otago, New Zealand 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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 feet 8 1/2 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      164 pounds AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      Dark AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Dark AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      26 February 1916, evacuated sick AWMM
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Ralph Jefferis was the son of Rowland and Mary Jefferis, of Otiake, Oamaru, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    4 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XXXII. E. 12. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Sources

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  • External links
  • 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
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
      Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 366 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
    • The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM
    • Sloane, K. (2014) Living With High Explosives, The 1st NZ Light Trench Mortar Battery, 1916-1918. Public - Keith - 2 March 2015 - Military History.

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20 June 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
09 June 2019StevenBrisbaneResearcher
02 March 2015KeithNew ZealandOther

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