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Albert Edward Lake

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Portrait, Albert Edward Lake, 1917c (Hodder family collection) - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Albert Edward Lake, 1917c (Hodder family collection) - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Albert Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Lake AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 8719 AWMM
    • 33135 AWMM
    • WWI 33135 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    13 March 1883 AWMM Te Puke, Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Te Puke, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs F. Peake (sister), Te Puke, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs S.A. Lake (wife), Marguerita Street, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 14 April 1902 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Pre 14 March 1917 AWMM Married AWMM
      Married, 1 child 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
  • 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
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5 feet 11 inches AWMM
    • Eye colour, WWI AWMM
      Grey AWMM
    • Hair colour, WWI AWMM
      Brown AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Albert Lake was the son of William Lake (c1842-1933) and Georgina Lake (nee Powell) (?-1892; husband of Mrs. Sarah Ann Lake (nee Bernard), of Marguerita St., Rotorua, New Zealand.

    Married, with 1 daughter at embarkation

    Father was named William Lake. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    24 December 1917 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    • Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XXI. C. 7. AWMM
    • New Brit Cemetery Polygon AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Rotorua War Memorial (World War 1) AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Te Puke School War Memorial, Te Puke Primary School, Te Puke, Bay of Plenty AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Contingents to South Africa: Nominal Rolls, (1902). Wellington, N.Z.: Government Printer. AWMM
      57: 19 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    • Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers. AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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