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Lancelot Joseph Addison

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Lancelot Joseph AWMM
  • Surname
    Addison AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 6/1445 AWMM
    • WWI 6/1445A AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    England Public - Peter - Researcher - 23 October 2017 - Military record
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Makikihi, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs A. Addison (mother), Cranbrook, Kent, England 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
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 6/1445 AWMM
    • WWI 6/1445A 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 Canterbury, New Zealand 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
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      145 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of the late William Grylls Addison and of Alice Addison, of 3, West Terrace, Cranbrook, Kent, England.

    Sergeant Addison was killed in action on Rhododendron Spur during the August Offensive. His brother, 6/1444 Corporal John Humphrey Addison (Canterbury Infantry Battalion), also served on Gallipoli.

    Listed with incorrect rank by CWG (November 2009)

    Admitted to NZ Field Ambulance, 20 May 1915 (influenza), and transferred same day to Hospital Ship; to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Lemnos; discharged to duty, 7 June 1915.
    Killed in action, 7 August 1915.

    Parents: Alice and the late William Grylis Addison, 3 West Terrace, Cranbrook, Kent, England AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 August 1915 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM

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22 June 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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