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Charles Walter Lambton Climo

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 34), Page: 7 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 34), Page: 7 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Walter Lambton AWMM
  • Surname
    Climo AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 14586 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1894 AWMM Rata, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Robert Climo (father), Rata, Hunterville, 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 14586 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/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
  • 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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    • Son of Robert Climo (1857 - 1904) and Elizabeth Climo (nee Gibbons) (1859 - 1904)

      Husband of Mary-Ellen Davy (-1966) AWMM
    • Charles Walter Lambton Climo was actually born around September 1892. His Military record (see Archway Records) shows he was 23 yrs 6 months of age at enlistment on 4.3.1916. Also - in the religion section of his papers is written "Methodist 3.9.92 " whihc might indicate his actual birth or maybe his baptism. This also fits a newspaper clipping showing his passing of Std 1 in 1900 which be about 7-8 years of age. Public - Warren - Other relative - 12 June 2020 - Archway Military Records for Charles Walter Lambton Climo No. 14586.
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Death

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  • Death
    1 December 1930 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Park Island Cemetery, off Clyde Jeffrey Drive, Napier, New Zealand AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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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/R21895301
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      34: 7 AWMM
    • The kit-bag : the unofficial record of the following units of the Fourteenth Reinforcements on board the "Maunganui", Troopship 56. Printed by Cape Times : Cape Town. 1916. AWMM

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12 June 2020WarrenNew PlymouthOther relative

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