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Cenotaph record

William Robert Bamford

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories Panel Baker W.L.V. - Banks A.G. (photo J Halpin 2010) - No known copyright restrictions
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Bamford AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 25/1631 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Australia AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    R.W. Bamford (father), Harobin, Clive Road, Upper Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia 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 25/1631 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Clerk 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
    Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
    TB of the spine caused by war service AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Ethel Beatrice Bamford nee Seymour AWMM

Death

About death

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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=7879408
    Further Reference
  • Documents
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      27: 7 AWMM
    • The Tahitian : official souvenir of H.M.N.Z. Troopship no. 50. (1916). On board ship: Printed by Arthur Treadwell, "G" Coy, on board H.M.N.Z. Transport no. 50. AWMM
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