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Francis William Smith

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 31), Page: 25 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 31), Page: 25 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Francis William AWMM
  • Surname
    Smith AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 3/2127 AWMM
    • WWII 5/10/497 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 May 1890 AWMM Invercargill, Southland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW1 Mrs W.T. Goodsir (aunt), 2 Mary Street, East Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs Emily Jane Smith, 29 Buccleuch Street, Linwood AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served with the National Military Reserve 2nd Company from the 15th September 1939 to 11th October 1939, before transferring to Canteen Staff from October 1939 to 1944. Also attached to the Royal New Zealand Navy, onboard the HMNZS Leander as part of Canteen Staff, from 1941 to 1944. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    11 February 1955 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military Personnel File
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R24066022
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      31: 25 AWMM
    • HMNZT 52.The bugle call of the 12th NZ Reinforcements : being the souvenir number of The Mokoia chronicle.(1916). On board ship: Published on board H.M.N.Z. Transport no. 52 "S.S. Mokoia". AWMM

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