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Percy Emanuel Holst

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NZ Hospital Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England. - No known copyright restrictions

NZ Hospital Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England. - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Percy Emanuel AWMM
  • Surname
    Holst AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 49959 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 February 1884 AWMM Lyttelton, Christchurch AWMM
    Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs F.P. Holst (wife), 199 Ythan Street, Invercargill, New Zealand 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 49959 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 21 February 1917 AWMM Architect/Civilian 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
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Holst left for France on 20 March 1918. He marched into camp at Abeele for a brief period before joining the 1 Battalion, 3 New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 'A' Company near Hebuterne on 27 March. He received gunshot wounds to his left leg on 6 April. At then end of the month he was admitted to No.1 NZGH, Brockenhurst. He survived six weeks longer. (Church, p.213) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    12 May 1918 AWMM
    Age 35 AWMM
    Brockenhurst, Hampshire AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Hampshire, England AWMM Plot A, Row 4, Grave 15 AWMM
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