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Cenotaph record

Alfred Ernest Cotton

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Images of gravestone at Sydenham Cemetery provided by Sarndra Lees 2011 - Image has All Rights Reserved.

Images of gravestone at Sydenham Cemetery provided by Sarndra Lees 2011 - Image has All Rights Reser …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alfred Ernest AWMM
  • Surname
    Cotton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 27227 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Melbourne, Victoria AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Hairdresser/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs R.M. Cotton (wife), care of T. Jordan, 19 Forbes Street, Sydenham, Christchurch, 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 27227 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 Hairdresser/Civilian 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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    1 May 1944 AWMM
    Age 50 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Sydenham Cemetery, end of Simeon Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM Block: 47C; Plot: 53 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Cemetery Records. Christchurch City Council cemeteries database.
    http://librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/
    Sources Used
  • References
    New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    41: 18 AWMM

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