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Arthur Richard Fitzherbert

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

No Known Copyright Restrictions AWMM

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur Richard AWMM
  • Surname
    Fitzherbert AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 7/1724 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
    WW1 Marton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs M.L. Fitzherbert (wife), Marton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 9 October 1915 AWMM Married 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 7/1724 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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Mortally wounded Gaza, 26 March 1917 AWMM
    • Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Col. and Mrs. FitzHerbert, of Somershal Herbert, Derbyshire, England; husband of Mary Lucy FitzHerbert, of Oxford St., Marton, New Zealand.

    The oldest New Zealand soldier ever killed in action, aged 63. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    27 March 1917 AWMM
    Age 63 AWMM
    Palestine, Middle East AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Deir el Belah War Cemetery, Palestine, Israel AWMM C. 89. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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27 March 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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