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Melville Francis Seymour King

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Photograph of 'Ron Wakelin cutting fellow soldier Melve King’s hair, outside barracks at Codford Camp, England.' Image coutesy of Wairarapa100. Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Melville Francis Seymour AWMM
  • Surname
    King AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Melve AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 30610 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    8 April 1897 AWMM Carterton, Wellington AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Joiner/Military AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Daniel Thomas King (father), Caterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • Messines AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 30610 AWMM
  • Military service
    17th (Ruahine) Regiment AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 1916 AWMM
    Age 19 AWMM
    Clerk 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
    Pneumonia AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of Daniel Thomas King and Mary Jane King.

      Husband of Mary Elizabeth Harris King (nee Laurenson).

      Date of birth on attestation recorded as 1896 AWMM
    • Father to Laurence Melville King (born 1927) and Douglas Edwin King (born 1932?). Public - Laurence Melville - Child - 22 April 2022 - Family history

Death

About death

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  • Death
    4 August 1938 AWMM
    Age 41 AWMM
    Carterton, Wellington AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Sickness AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Clareville Cemetery, Chester Road, Clareville, Carterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM Plot 6 Block New Sur AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Obituary: Wairarapa Time-Age 5 August 1938 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      47: 6 AWMM
    • Frances, N. & King, D. (2008). Things have been pretty lively: the Great War diary of Melve King. Masterton, N.Z.: Wairarapa Archive in association with Fraser Books. AWMM
    • Wairarapa Daily Times AWMM
      Obituary: Wairarapa Time-Age 5 August 1938 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
22 April 2022Laurence MelvilleWhanganui, NZChild
19 January 2017MichelleMasterton, New ZealandResearcher

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