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English Māori

Reuben Holmes

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 338 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 338 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Reuben AWMM
  • Surname
    Holmes AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/1075 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
    Unknown AWMM Queen Street, Hastings, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Emily Holmes, Queen Street, Hastings, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/1075 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 Unknown AWMM Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Fitter Public - joseph walter - Other Relative - 2 May 2015 - Military personnel file
  • 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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of John and Emily Ann Holmes, of 705 Queen Street East, Hastings AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    8 August 1915 AWMM
    Age 23 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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  • At the going down of the sun , and the rising of the sun , you are remembered . 102 years on now , Reuben , you are with us , always . Reuben Holmes , 10/1075 , Pvt . KIA , 8 August , 1915 , Gallipoli , Turkey . WW1 . Great Uncle of Joe , 24 April 2017 .
    Public - joseph walter - Other relative - 24 April 2017
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  • To Reuben, Faithfully remembered year by year from the Mitchell Family (great uncle of Jennifer Mitchell, great great uncle of Magnus Mitchell and Alexandra Mitchell.
    Public - Magnus Mitchell - Other Relative - 24 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • Documents
    • Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War. AWMM
      Military Service Record AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 338 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM
    • The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
24 April 2017joseph walter13 A. Cobden Rd. Bluff Hill . Napier , 4110 , New Zealand .Other relative
24 April 2015Magnus Mitchell Egham Surrey England United Kingdom Other Relative
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