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Erick Jordan

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Portrait of Sgt Erick Jordan DCM. Archives New Zealand AABK 18805 W5541 76 / 0062065. Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Sgt Erick Jordan DCM. Archives New Zealand AABK 18805 W5541 76 / 0062065. Image may be s …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Erick AWMM
  • Surname
    Jordan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 14272 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 November 1890 AWMM Napier, Hawkes Bay AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Jessie Jordan (wife), Queen Street, Northcote, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    1910 AWMM Married/InterWar AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) AWMM
      London Gazette 26/06/1918. "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in an attack. He led his section against a party of the enemy who were using a machine gun with deadly effect, killed the whole party and then advanced along a sap and drove back another body of the enemy. He showed splendid courage and determination through the operations." AWMM
    • British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
    • Victory Medal AWMM

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 27 March 1916 AWMM Carter/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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 January 1976 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R18054894
    Further Reference
  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      34: 29 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. 2: Includes portrait AWMM

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