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William White

  • Service number
    • WWI 10/1699 AWMM
    • 10/1699 Public - Esme Mavis - Child - 30 April 2015 - Family and Military files
  • Also known as
    Bill Public - Esme Mavis - Child - 30 April 2015 - Family
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 773 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Pvte Public - Esme Mavis - Child - 30 April 2015 - Military personal files
  • Forenames
    • William AWMM
    • William Walter Public - Esme Mavis - Child - 30 April 2015 - Family
  • Surname
    • White AWMM
    • White Public - Esme Mavis - Child - 30 April 2015 - Family
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  • Also known as
    Bill Public - Esme Mavis - Child - 30 April 2015 - Family
  • Service number
    • WWI 10/1699 AWMM
    • 10/1699 Public - Esme Mavis - Child - 30 April 2015 - Family and Military files
  • Gender
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 May 1891 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Ballarat, New South Wales Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Pitt Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J. Shannon (mother), Gatehouse, care of Post-office, Wendouree, Ballarat, Australia 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
    • England AWMM
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 10/1699 AWMM
    • 10/1699 Public - Esme Mavis - Child - 30 April 2015 - Family and Military files
  • 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 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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 4" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      136 lb AWMM
    • Other, WWI AWMM
      Nature of Injury: Appendicitis Percent of disability: 25 Source: New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • War service: Egypt, England
    Embarked Wellington, 14 February 1915; disembarked Suez, 26 March 1915.
    Discharged from No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel el Kebir, 10 July 1916.
    Embarked for England, 26 July 1916; disembarked Southampton, 7 August 1916.
    Admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 25 August 1916 (lumbago); discharged, 28 October 1916, for return to New Zealand.
    Commenced return to New Zealand on board HT 'Maheno', 21 December 1916; discharged (no longer physically fit for war service on account of illness contracted on active service), 13 March 1917.
    War service: 2 years 84 days (of which 1 year 311 days were abroad)

    Present address (as listed in New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%): Auckland Military Hospital AWMM
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Death

About 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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  • Memorial name

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22018663
    Further Reference
  • 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: 773 AWMM
    • New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%, compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent War Pensions, and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) Discharged and undischarged hospital patients, assessed as suffering permanent disability, but not yet in receipt of a pension at date (28-4-20). New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. NZ Times Co. (Printer). AWMM
    • NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM

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