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Herbert Walter Helm

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Headstone of Lance Corporal Herbert Walter Helm (5/107A). Coxyde Military Cemetery, Koksijde, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. New Zealand War Graves Trust (BEAX6936). CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Headstone of Lance Corporal Herbert Walter Helm (5/107A). Coxyde Military Cemetery, Koksijde, West-V …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Herbert Walter AWMM
  • Surname
    Helm AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 5/107A AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Louise Helm (mother), Holm Lea, Arnold Avenue, South Shore, Blackpool, England 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 5/107A AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 24 September 1914 AWMM
    Age 32 AWMM
    Farmer/Civilian AWMM
    London, England AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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 wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Herbert Helm was the son of Walter Stott Helm and Louisa Helm, of "Holme Lea," Arnold Avenue, Blackpool, England.

    Died of wounds, received in enemy air raid AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    29 July 1917 AWMM
    Age 35 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Coxyde Military Cemetery, Koksijde, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM II. A. 7. AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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