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Arthur Harold Topham

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Photograph of Corporal Arthur Harold Topham and his son Gunner Kenneth Arthur Edward Topham, 1940. Image courtesy of Allan Dodson, Porirua War Stories. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Photograph of Corporal Arthur Harold Topham and his son Gunner Kenneth Arthur Edward Topham, 1940. I …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur Harold AWMM
  • Surname
    Topham AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 3/455 AWMM
    • WWII 32593 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 November 1890 AWMM Manchester, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Care of Hospital, Porirua, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Charles Edward Topham, 2 Lyons Road, Burkdale, Southport, England AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 December 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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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Death

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  • Death
    18 December 1978 AWMM
    Age 88 AWMM
    Tawa, Wellington AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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  • 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: 731 AWMM
    • Information for this record was kindly provided by Allan Dodson, Porirua War Stories AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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