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Joseph Ormsby

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  • Service number
    WWI 15405 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Hohepa Omipi AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 February 1896 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    2 February 1896 Public - Gracey - Direct descendant - 24 April 2017 - Family Papers
  • Place of birth
    Puketotara, Waikato, New Zealand Public - Gracey - Direct descendant - 24 April 2017 - Family Papers
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Arthur Ormsby (father), Puketotara, Pirongia, Waikato, 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 15405 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 5 April 1916 AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM
    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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Death

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  • Death
    17 October 1961 Public Source
  • Date of death
    17 October 1961 Public - Gracey - Direct descendant - 24 April 2017 - Family papers
  • Age at death
    65 Public - Gracey - Direct descendant - 24 April 2017 - Family papers
  • Place of death
    Ngaruawahia, New Zealand Public - Gracey - Direct descendant - 24 April 2017 - Family papers
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Te Akarauti Public - Gracey - Direct descendant - 24 April 2017 - Family papers
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Ngāti Maniapoto's WW1 Memorial, Te Tokanganui-a-noho Marae, Te Kuiti AWMM

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Sources

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
24 April 2017GraceyKihikihi, New ZealandDirect descendant
13 March 2016Lorraine M Gisborne, NZResearcher

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