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Oscar Featherstone

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  • Service number
    WWI 21239 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Featherston AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Headstone, Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland (photo J. Halpin March 2012) (CC-BY John Halpin)

Headstone, Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland (photo J. Halpin March 2012) (CC-BY John Halpin)

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Oscar AWMM
  • Surname
    Featherstone AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Featherston AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 21239 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    12 July 1895 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss Beatrix Pople (friend), Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 19 August 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 21239 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 Seaman 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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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of Elizabeth and James Featherstone.

      Husband of Beatrix Olive Featherstone (nee Pople), married 1919.

      Surname incorrectly listed as Featherston on the Cemetery database (July 2013). AWMM
    • He was the youngest son of James and Elizabeth. His mother died in 1907 Public - Tui - Other relative - 6 July 2021 - family

Death

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  • Death
    2 September 1935 AWMM
    Age 39 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hillsborough Cemetery, Hillsborough Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Area 2 Block J Lot No 77 AWMM
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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06 July 2021TuiChristchurchOther relative

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