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William Flowers

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 60), Page: 4 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 60), Page: 4 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William AWMM
  • Surname
    Flowers AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 42797 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 12 January 1891 AWMM
    • 12 January 1891 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    12 January 1891 Public - Peter - Researcher - 23 October 2017 - Military records
  • Place of birth
    Collingwood Public - Peter - Researcher - 23 October 2017 - Military records
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    C. Flowers (brother), Pakawau, via Collingwood, Nelson, 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 42797 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 Coal miner/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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • William Flowers was the brother of Charles Flowers, of Pakawau, Collingwood, Nelson, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    22 November 1917 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM Spec. Mem. IX. AA. 8. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Collingwood War Memorial Public - Peter - Researcher - 23 October 2017 - on site

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Sources

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
31 October 2020AllanRotoruaResearcher
23 October 2017PeterNelson, New ZealandResearcher

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