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John Albert Edward Kerslake

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 392 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 392 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Albert Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Kerslake AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 1/201 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    18 January 1885 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM 95 Brougham Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 J.J. Kerslake, 95 Brougham Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 15 August 1914 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 1/201 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 7 August 1914 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of John Jury and Kate Kerslake (nee Lee). Married Mary Anne Carrick in 1925 in Wellington, New Zealand.

    During the occupation of Samoa he served as the Commissioner of Police, he was discharged on the 1st January 1915 to take up civil employment in Samoa. After the end of the war he and a friend purchased a copra plantation which they ran for 4 years. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    24 December 1966 AWMM
    Age 80 AWMM
    Masterton, Wairarapa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Archer Street Cemetery, QE2 Park, Masterton AWMM
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  • Obituary
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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/R18056796
    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: 392 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. 2: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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