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Alton James Nimmo

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Portrait of Captain Alton James Nimmo, Archives New Zealand, R24184179. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Captain Alton James Nimmo, Archives New Zealand, R24184179. Image has no known copyright …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alton James AWMM
  • Surname
    Nimmo AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 10/4438 AWMM
    • WWII 822450 AWMM
    • WWII 2/18/8 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of Christ AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    30 June 1894 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 27 Arawa Road, Hataitai Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 H. Nimmo (father), 42 Kent Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 15 August 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • Military Cross (MC) AWMM
      8 March 1919 AWMM
      London Gazette 8 March 1919, p3253 Citation, London Gazette 4 October 1919, p12380 For conspicuous gallantry in command of a company east of Le Quesnoy, on the 4th November, 1918. He controlled his men with noticeable ability, both when supervising in assembling and forming up for the advance and later, when leading them in the attack. After the capture of the first objective he rushed forward one of his platoons to fill a gap, thus causing touch to be maintained and the captured ground to be cleared. AWMM
    • Victory Medal AWMM
    • British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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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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  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      28: 7 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.541 AWMM
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
    • The Le Quesnoy Campaign research was undertaken by the New Zealand Society of Genealogists as part of the development of New Zealand Liberation Museum - Te Arawhata (Le Quesnoy France). This research project was led by CJ Barbour (NZSG), BI Silvester, HH Farrant (NZMHS) with the support of NZSG volunteers (2022). The individuals included in this research data set were verified as serving in Le Quesnoy. AWMM

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