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Carleton Flavell

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 234 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 234 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Carleton AWMM
  • Surname
    Flavell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/2935 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 Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    W.A. Flavell (father), 185 Wellington Terrace, Wellington, 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
    Messines AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/2935 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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Carleton Flavell was the son of William Alfred and Elizabeth Flavell, of Maori Rd., Dunedin, New Zealand.

      New Zealand at the Front (a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division) 1917 issue, page141. AWMM
    • Corporal Carleton Flavell, son of Mr W. A. Flavell, Wellington, manager of the Westport Coal Company, who was killed in action at Messines on June 7, forwarded the following notice which was handed to him in April last "To all concerned - Colonel Cook wishes me to convey to all members of the covering party on the night of April 19 and 20 his appreciation of their conduct in No Mans' Land under arduous circumstances. He specially mentioned the pluck of Carleton Flavell and all his party in sticking to their post under heavy bomb and rifle fire.— G.H. Davy Lieut. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 1 February 2016 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14363, 31 July 1917, Page 3
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Death

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  • Death
    7 June 1917 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM

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Sources

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
30 December 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
01 February 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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