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Gerald Innes Atkinson

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Portrait from In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School], 1919[?] - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait from In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School], 1919[?] - No known copyright rest …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gerald Innes AWMM
  • Surname
    Atkinson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 8/2250 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 May 1894 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Feilding, Manawatu-Wanganui Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Hadfield Hostel, Kelburn, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    A.H. Atkinson, Box 34, Feilding, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 27 March 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Samoa AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 8/2250 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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 9" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      130 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked for a second time with the 4th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, on 17 April 1915, arriving at Suez, Egypt on 25 May 1915.

    "Went with the Expeditionary Force to Samoa, and, on returning to New Zealand, again volunteered for active service. He was reported wounded and missing on August 8th, 1915, but private information received since seems to remove all doubt that he was killed in action on that date." (In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School])

    Served in Samoan Expeditionary Force, 15 August 1914-27 March 1915.
    Joined unit at Gallipoli, 8 June 1915, and posted to 14th Company.
    Reported wounded, 8 August 1915.
    Report by A.S. Falconer, Acting Staff Captain, NZ Infantry Brigade, 22 September 1915: 'Nothing further is know regarding this man'.
    Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 22 March 1916, concluded 'Killed in action, Dardanelles, 7 August 1915'. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    7 August 1915 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Gallipoli, Turkey 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
    Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM

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18 August 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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