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Percival William Bates

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Headstone of Private Percival William Bates (8/3477). Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. New Zealand War Graves Trust (BEBB9024). CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Headstone of Private Percival William Bates (8/3477). Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, Langemark-Poe …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Percival William AWMM
  • Surname
    Bates AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 8/3477 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Archibald Bates (brother), 1 Hastings Street, Linton, Bedfordshire, England 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 8/3477 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 Baker/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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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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
    Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM VII. C. 6. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorial

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  • This man was my Granddads Brother, my uncle was named after him. I've visited his grave and was disappointed. He didn't have a named headstone. I will hopefully put this right. Hope he didn't suffer. RIP.
    Public - Steven Lawrence - Direct descendant - 4 January 2017
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04 January 2017Steven LawrenceBirmingham , UkDirect descendant

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