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Cenotaph record

Bertie Ernest Kearse

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Name panel, WW1, Devonport War Memorial (photo J. Halpin 2012) (CC-BY John Halpin)

Name panel, WW1, Devonport War Memorial (photo J. Halpin 2012) (CC-BY John Halpin)

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Bertie Ernest AWMM
  • Surname
    Kearse AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 25/1771 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1879 AWMM Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Ada Kearse (wife), 33 Abel Smith Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1 April 1916 AWMM Married 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 25/1771 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 Fireman/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
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
    Died of sickness AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Rosanna Kearse and Thomas Fowler Kearse. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    16 July 1918 AWMM
    England, United Kingdom AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Sickness AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Codford (St Mary) New Churchyard, Wiltshire, England AWMM 115 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Devonport War Memorial, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

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