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Lionel Creighton Arthur

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  • Service number
    • WWI 28316 AWMM
    • WWII: 505421 & 2/29/291 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 December 2015 - Military record
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 2nd Btn Auckland Regiment Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 December 2015 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 43), Page: 15 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 43), Page: 15 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
    Corporal Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 December 2015 - Military record
  • Forenames
    Lionel Creighton AWMM
  • Surname
    Arthur AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 28316 AWMM
    • WWII: 505421 & 2/29/291 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 December 2015 - Military record
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 December 2015 - Military record
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 December 2015 - Military record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 December 1889 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    29 December 1889 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 December 2015 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 December 2015 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of Frank Robert & Juliet Leonora ARTHUR Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 December 2015 - Military Record & Research
  • Address before enlistment
    Wairoa, HB, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 December 2015 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs L.C. Arthur (wife), 262 Stout Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Married with one child
    1914 Married Eva Jean Cuming Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 December 2015 - Military Record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 December 2015 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 2nd Btn Auckland Regiment Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 December 2015 - Military Record
  • Service number
    • WWI 28316 AWMM
    • WWII: 505421 & 2/29/291 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 December 2015 - Military record
  • Military service
    WWI: 1916-1919; WWII: 1941-1944 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 December 2015 - Military Record
  • 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 Sheep farmer/Civilian AWMM
    • 25 June 1916 at Trentham
      10 Sept 1941 at Tuai Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 December 2015 - Military record
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    WWI: 26yrs; WWII 51yrs 9mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 December 2015 - Military record

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
    15 June 1968 Public Source
  • Date of death
    15 June 1968 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 July 2015 - Hauraki District Council Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    79 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 July 2015 - Hauraki District Council Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    Waihi Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 July 2015 - Hauraki District Council Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Waihi Public Cemetery Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 July 2015 - Hauraki District Council Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Sec: Ser; Block RSA; Lot 168 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 3 July 2015 - Hauraki District Council Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Patutahi War Memorial, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 December 2015 - research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22271178
    Further Reference
  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      43: 15 AWMM

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04 December 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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