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Cenotaph record

English Māori

Charles Irving

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Portrait of Charles Irving. Image courtesy of the Albury Mob Facebook page/SCRoll Project, South Canterbury Museum. Image is subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Charles Irving. Image courtesy of the Albury Mob Facebook page/SCRoll Project, South Can …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Irving AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 23/463 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 C/o Mrs Body, Albury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Jessie Irving (mother), 39 Ohiro Road, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 9 October 1915 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 23/463 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Canterbury, New Zealand 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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Robert and Jessie Irving,of 85 Wright Street, Wellington AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 April 1918 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial, Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM
    • Albury War Memorial, State Highway 8, MacKenzie District, South Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM

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Sources

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