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Cenotaph record

Māori

Dennis Gilbert Needham

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 38), Page: 11 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 38), Page: 11 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Dennis Gilbert AWMM
  • Surname
    Needham AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 20397 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 January 1896 AWMM Nelson, Tasman AWMM
  • Date of birth
    4 January 1896 Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 10 August 2017 - Military File.
  • Place of birth
    Nelson, New Zealand. Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 10 August 2017 - Military File.
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 A. Needham (father), Douglas, Taranaki, 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 20397 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • Military Medal (MM) AWMM
    • Military Medal (MM).
      Awarded 15 October 1917 for "Acts of Gallantry in the Field". Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 10 August 2017 - Military File.

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Painter 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
  • 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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  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

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  • we will remember you Dennis
    Public - Brian - Other relative - 25 April 2021
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  • God bless you Dennis. Gone but not forgotten.
    Public - Brian - Other relative - 25 April 2020
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=21379572&digital=yes
    Further Reference
  • Documents
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      38: 11 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
    • Homeward bound : S.S. Briton. As transport H.M.N.Z.T. No. 268 the S.S. "Briton" departed Tilbury, London, 17 June 1919. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
25 April 2021BrianChristchurchOther relative
10 August 2017JeniferWairarapaResearcher
19 August 2015Hamish JamesThamesOther Relative

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