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Norman Cecil Wood

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 797 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 797 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Norman Cecil AWMM
  • Surname
    Wood AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/3131 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 July 1894 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Kaiapoi, Canterbury Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Care of C. Berkahn, Dannevirke, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    J. Jones (foster father), Beswick Street, Kaiapoi, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 9 October 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 10/3131 AWMM
  • 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' 5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      133 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked Wellington, 10 October 1915; disembarked Suez, 18 November 1915.
    Joined Wellington Infantry Bn, Ismailia, 9 January 1916.
    Admitted to hospital, 1 March 1916; rejoined Bn, 14 March 1916 (no further details recorded).
    Embarked to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.
    Admitted to No 7 General Hospital, St Omer, 2 August 1916 (mumps); discharged to Details, 21 August 1916; rejoined1st Bn, Wellington Infantry Regiment, in the field, 23 August 1916.
    Wounded in action, 16 September 1916 (gun shot wound, head), and admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance,; transferred to No 5 Stationary Hospital, Abbeville, 17 September 1916 (simply gun shot wound, scalp); transferred to England, 23 September 1916, and admitted to 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford, 25 September 1916; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 2 November 1916; to Convalescent Depot, Codford, 27 November 1916; to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 21 December 1916.
    Classified 'unfit' and placed on NZ Roll, 28 March 1917.
    Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board HMNZT 'Athenic', 5 April 1917; discharged, 10 July 1917.
    Total war service: 2 years 26 days (of which 1 year 247 days was abroad) AWMM
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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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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22024915
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Dry Rations, or, The Aparima Apparition : with which is incorporated the Waikanae wash-out and The Tauherenikau trumpeter : unofficial organ of the 7th Rfts, Transport No. 32 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 797 AWMM
    • NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM

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