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Richard Horne Templeton

  • Service number
    • WWI 17445 AWMM
    • 17445 Public - Brian Richard - Child - 6 February 2015 - family papers and military paybook
  • Also known as
    Dick Public - Brian Richard - Child - 6 February 2015 - family papers/my father
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZMR Public - Brian Richard - Child - 6 February 2015 - Family papers and pay book
  • Last rank
  • War
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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 40), Page: 4 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 40), Page: 4 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
    Mr Public - Brian Richard - Child - 6 February 2015 - family papers/was my father
  • Forenames
    • Richard Horne AWMM
    • Richard Horne Public - Brian Richard - Child - 6 February 2015 - family papers/my father
  • Surname
    • Templeton AWMM
    • Templeton Public - Brian Richard - Child - 6 February 2015 - family papers/my father
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Dick Public - Brian Richard - Child - 6 February 2015 - family papers/my father
  • Service number
    • WWI 17445 AWMM
    • 17445 Public - Brian Richard - Child - 6 February 2015 - family papers and military paybook
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Brian Richard - Child - 6 February 2015 - family papers/my father
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian Public - Brian Richard - Child - 6 February 2015 - family papers/my fathers records

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Templeton (mother), 19 Plunket Street, St Kilda, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    Sinai - Palestine Public - Brian Richard - Child - 6 February 2015 - Family papers and pay book
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZMR Public - Brian Richard - Child - 6 February 2015 - Family papers and pay book
  • Service number
    • WWI 17445 AWMM
    • 17445 Public - Brian Richard - Child - 6 February 2015 - family papers and military paybook
  • Military service
    • Otago Mounted Rifles then Auckland Mounted Rifles 4th Waikato Sqn Public - Brian Richard - Child - 6 February 2015 - Family papers and pay book
    • March 1916 - 25 November 1919 Public - Brian Richard - Child - 6 February 2015 - Family papers and pay book
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Trooper NZMR Dunedin, Trentham and Featherston Public - Brian Richard - Child - 6 February 2015 - Family knowledge and papers
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    eighteen years six months Public - Brian Richard - Child - 6 February 2015 - Family knowledge and cert of discharge paper

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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  • Manuka then transfer to Morea at Sydney for Suez. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 April 1971 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
    Age 75 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Andersons Bay RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 10A, Plot 51 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R7824855
    Further Reference
  • References
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      40: 4 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. 4: Includes portrait AWMM
    • The kai-courier. Magazine of returning forces on board H.M.T. No. 230, 'Kaikoura'. Departing Suez on 6 March 1919. AWMM

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06 February 2015Brian Richard Dunedin New ZealandChild
06 February 2015Brian Richard Dunedin, New ZealandChild

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