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Frederick Gordon Flower

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Headstone of Private Frederick Gordon Flower (46179). Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. New Zealand War Graves Trust (BEDA9502). CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Headstone of Private Frederick Gordon Flower (46179). Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vl …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frederick Gordon AWMM
  • Surname
    Flower AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 46179 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 29 October 1889 AWMM Nelson, Tasman AWMM
    • 29 October 1889 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    29 October 1889 Public - Peter - Researcher - 23 October 2017 - Military records
  • Place of birth
    Nelson Public - Peter - Researcher - 23 October 2017 - Military records
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs F. Hargreaves (sister), Motueka, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 46179 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 Sheep farmer/Civilian 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
    22 Oct 1917 {Age 27} AWMMDied of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Died of disease AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Frederick Flower was the son of L. and H. T. B. Flower, of Wakapuaka, Nelson, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    22 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM VI. D. 19. AWMM
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  • Obituary
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Memorial

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Sources

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    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      62: 11 AWMM
    • NZWGT: Information supplied by the New Zealand War Graves Trust as part of the New Zealand War Graves project. This project was established in 2006 to record in text and photographs the 31,758 New Zealanders who have been identifed as serving with New Zealand or Allied forces, and who died in conflicts from the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) up to the present day and in peacekeeping operations. AWMM

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23 October 2017PeterNelson, New ZealandResearcher

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