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Alexander Vacklin

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 37), Page: 25 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 37), Page: 25 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander AWMM
  • Surname
    Vacklin AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 19193 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    28 May 1878 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra FinlandScandanavia Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jacob Nelson (friend), Pongaroa, Akitio, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 19193 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 Labourer/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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 2" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      120 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked Wellington, 29 July 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 28 September 1916, and marched into Sling Camp.
    Found guilty, 7 October 1916, of being absent without leave from midnight, 1 October 1916, until arrested 2100 hours, 2 October 1916; awarded 10 days' confined to barrack, and forfeited 4 days? pay.
    Transferred to Pioneer Bn, 18 October 1916.
    Marched out of Sing Camp, and proceeded overseas to France, 30 October 1916; marched into NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 1 November 1916.
    Marched out of NZ Base Depot to NZ Division, 5 December 1916; joined Pioneer Bn, in the field, 7 December 1916.
    Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 24 March 1917 (infection, mid-ear); transferred to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 26 March 1917; to Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 29 March 1917.
    Marched into NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 4 April 1917.
    Marched out NZ Base Depot, to NZEF Sanitary Section, 24 May 1917.
    Transferred from Pioneer Bn, 26 May 1917; joined NZEF Sanitary Section, in the field, 26 May 1917.
    Attached to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 8 June 1917; rejoined NZEF Sanitary Section, 14 June 1917.
    Found guilty, 6 August 1917, of being absent from billet at 10pm, 5 August 1917: awarded 14 days' confined to barracks, and forfeited 2 days' pay.
    Admitted to No 50 Field Ambulance, 7 September 1917; discharged to unit, 12 September 1917.
    On leave to England, 1 November 1917.
    Admitted No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 16 November 1917 (chronic bronchitis).
    Classified unfit by Medical Board, 18 January 1918.
    Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board HT 'Maunganui', 2 February 1918; arrived New Zealand, 18 Mach 1918; discharged (no longer fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service), 6 May 1918.
    Total war service; 2 years 19 days (of which 1 year 233 days was abroad). AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • 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

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  • External links
  • References
    • The ulima-roarer : a collection of wails & fishy stories, etc., from the Indian Ocean. (1916). [Indian Ocean]: [15th Reinforcements]. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      37: 25 AWMM
    • NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM

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