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Vincent Hardy Priestley

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  • Service number
    • WWI 13/842 AWMM
    • 11/842A Public - Sarndra - 3 October 2020 - Also given.
      Headstone and military personnel record
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 594 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Vincent Hardy AWMM
  • Surname
    Priestley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 13/842 AWMM
    • 11/842A Public - Sarndra - 3 October 2020 - Also given.
      Headstone and military personnel record
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 December 1890 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1 December 1890 Public - Sarndra - 3 October 2020 - Military personnel record
  • Place of birth
    Leeds, Yorkshire, England Public - Sarndra - 3 October 2020 - Military personnel record
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Masonic Hotel, Ashhurst, New Zealand AWMM
    • Masonic Hotel (James Williams, proprietor). Feilding Road, Ashurst. Telegraphic address, “Masonic, Ashurst.” Bankers, Bank of New Zealand. The Masonic Hotel was erected in 1893, since which time it ha Public - Catherine - Direct descendant - 25 April 2017 - http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc01Cycl-t1-body-d4-d135.html
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs L. Priestley (mother), Cheapside, Morley, Yorkshire, England AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 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 13/842 AWMM
    • 11/842A Public - Sarndra - 3 October 2020 - Also given.
      Headstone and military personnel record
  • 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 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    28 June 1932 Public Source
  • Date of death
    28 June 1932 Public - Sarndra - 3 October 2020 - Headstone
  • Age at death
    41 Public - Sarndra - 3 October 2020 - Headstone
  • Place of death
    Coronation Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand Public - Sarndra - 3 October 2020 - Death notice; Press, 29 June 1932; Paperspast portal via National Library of New Zealand website; https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19320629.2.2.2?items_per_page=100&query=vincent+hardy+priestley&snippet=true
  • Cause of death
    Pulmonary Tuberculosis - 12 years Public - Sarndra - 3 October 2020 - Military personnel record
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, New Zealand Public - Sarndra - 3 October 2020 - Personal visit
  • Grave reference
    Block 1B RSA Plot 17 Public - Sarndra - 3 October 2020 - Christchurch City Council online cemeteries database; https://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=100280
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

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  • I never had the chance to know you as your contribution to the war finally took you from your family when my mother was just a very small child, you are never far from my thoughts and you live on with my children when I tell them about you, your great granddaughter will honour you in the dawn parade this year 2016.
    Public - Catherine - Direct descendant - 24 April 2016
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    Page No: 594 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
03 October 2020SarndraAuckland, New ZealandOther
25 April 2017CatherineWaihiDirect descendant

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