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Wilfred Wesley Graydon

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Wilfred Wesley AWMM
  • Surname
    Graydon AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 3/1843 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    31 July 1895 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Pre 24 August 1915 AWMM Unknown address AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • J. Graydon (father), Queen's Avenue, Dominion Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • J. Graydon (father), Queen's Avenue, Dominion Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • J. Graydon (father), Queen's Avenue, Dominion Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • J. Graydon (father), Queen's Avenue, Dominion Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 3/1843 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Thrombosis AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served for total of 3 years and 195 days.

    The Auckland Museum Library's manuscripts collection holds a pay book and bible belonging to Graydon. [Ref. MS 2002/164] AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    10 September 1950 AWMM
    Age 55 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • 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/R16788431
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      15: 2 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      29: 2 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      73: 2 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      79: 8 AWMM

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