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Cenotaph record

Ronald Cooke Borland

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 26), Page: 4 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 26), Page: 4 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ronald Cooke AWMM
  • Surname
    Borland AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Cook AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 7/2234 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 April 1894 AWMM Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Robert James Borland (father), Woodend, North Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 7/2234 AWMM
  • Military service
    Mounted Train 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 Labourer/Civilian 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Robert James Borland and Sarah Borland

    Husband of Elsie nee Taylor marriage registered 1920.

    Listed by BDM birth with both spelling Cook and on marriage and death as Cooke. Named on Military file and listed at Archives New Zealand as Roland Cooke Borland; name within the file listed as Roland and Ronald. Listed on Nominal Roll with spelling Cook AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    22 June 1965 AWMM
    Age 71 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
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  • 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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