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Robert Irving

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 26), Page: 22 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 26), Page: 22 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Irving AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 4/1940 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    28 December 1885 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs G. Irving (mother), Otaio, Canterbury, 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 4/1940 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 Engineer/Military 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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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Robert Irving was the son of Ellen Irving, of Aokautere, Palmerston North, New Zealand, and the late George Irving, of Glasgow, Scotland.
    Disembarked Suez, 10 April 1916.
    Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 10 May 1916; marched into NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 20 May 1916.
    Detached to 2nd Anzac Entrenching Bn, 29 July 1916.
    Wounded in action, 28 March 1917 (gun shot wound, shoulder, hip, thigh, leg and arm: 'dangerously wounded'), and admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance; transferred same day to 1st North Midlands Casualty Clearing Station.
    Died of wounds, 1st North Midlands Casualty Clearing Station, 30 March 1917. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    30 March 1917 AWMM
    Age 37 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM III. B. 40. AWMM
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Memorial

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