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Walter Thomas Moles

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Photograph of No. 2 Platoon, G Company (New Zealand Rifle Brigade), 20th Reinforcements, pausing for a break on the testing Route March from the Featherston Training Camp to Trentham Military Camp (about 40 km) for their pre-embarkation Musketry Course and overseas deployment additional kit issues. Likely date October/November 1916. If you can identify any of the soldiers in this image, please contact Online Cenotaph staff. Image kindly provided by Noel Taylor (August 2018). Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Photograph of No. 2 Platoon, G Company (New Zealand Rifle Brigade), 20th Reinforcements, pausing for …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Walter Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    Moles AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 30965 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 August 1885 AWMM London, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs W.T. Moles (wife), North Road, Amberley, Canterbury, 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 30965 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Numerous promotions thru to Sergeant Public - Pauline Marilyn - Child - 20 April 2020 - military files
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    31 Public - Pauline Marilyn - Child - 20 April 2020 - family papers

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    1 August 1967 Military Personnel File
    Christchurch, Canterbury Military personnel file
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  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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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/R21376473
    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
      49: 12 AWMM

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20 April 2020Pauline Marilyn PREBBLETONChild

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