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Louis Moritzson

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Portrait of Lieutenant Louis Moritzen, Archives New Zealand, AALZ 25044 2 / F912 49. Image is subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Lieutenant Louis Moritzen, Archives New Zealand, AALZ 25044 2 / F912 49. Image is subjec …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Louis AWMM
  • Surname
    Moritzson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Moritzsen AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 4/562 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 January 1893 Military personnel file Military personnel file
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 2 William Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs Ella Louisa Moritzson, 2 William Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs E.L. Moritzson (mother), Eden View, Williamson Street, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single 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 4/562 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Listed as Moritzsen by London Gazette, 1916, 1917 AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • HMNZT 111 - Camouflage : ye booke of ye Left Winge of ye 43rd New Zealand Reinforcement, made by Officers and Men. Colledge, H.B. (Herbert Broomfield), editor. Jordan, T. (Thomas), editor. -- [At sea] : [Magazine committee] : 1918. AWMM
      Military Service Record AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 517 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      90: 12 AWMM
    • McDonald, W. (2001). Honours and awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. Napier, N.Z.: Helen McDonald. AWMM
      McDonald, H. (2001). p. 226 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM

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