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Cenotaph record

Guy Dynevor Thornton

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Headstone, Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland (photo J. Halpin March 2012) (CC-BY John Halpin)

Headstone, Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland (photo J. Halpin March 2012) (CC-BY John Halpin)

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Guy Dynevor AWMM
  • Surname
    Thornton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 13/6 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Baptist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Morrinsville, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Minister of Religion/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Guy Thornton (wife), Baptist Manse, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Married 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 13/6 AWMM
  • Military service
    YMCA AWMM
  • 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Elinor Thornton, father of 2 daughters. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    13 June 1934 AWMM
    Age 61 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hillsborough Cemetery, Hillsborough Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Area 9 Block A Lot No 54 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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