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Charles Ambrose Klink

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Ambrose AWMM
  • Surname
    Klink AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 25890 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 May 1892 AWMM Feilding, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 29 May 1916 AWMM Pohangina, Ashhurst, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Martha Klink (mother), Pohangina, Ashhurst, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 25 September 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 29 May 1916 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Storeman/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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 6 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      8 stone 9 pounds AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Grey AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      fair AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      June 1916, mumps slight, France AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Hospitalised sick, twice, briefly 1917 AWMM
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
      At Mailly-Maillet AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Frederick and Martha Klink, of Pohangina.

    He enjoyed leave in the UK January 1918

    Two sons, brothers served in WW1: Victor Onslow Alan Klink (12612) and Charles Ambrose Klink (25890) kia. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 March 1918 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial, Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM

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