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Cenotaph record

Ernest Edward Tretheway

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 55), Page: 4 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 55), Page: 4 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Tretheway AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Trethaway AWMM
    • Ernest Edward AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 38460 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 March 1892 AWMM Cambridge, Waikato AWMM
    Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    John Trethaway (father), Waihou, 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
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 38460 AWMM
  • Military service
    6th Hauraki 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 17 October 1916 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Farmer/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 4.25 inches AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      1918, Wounded in training, when dummy bomb turned out to be live AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of John and Jane Tretheway

    Three sons, brothers Ernest Edward Tretheway (38460); Sydney Oswald Tretheway (60009) and Percival Spargo Tretheway (62416) served in WW1.

    Name typo on Nominal Roll, listed as Trethaway AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    6 December 1971 AWMM
    Paeroa, Hauraki District AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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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/R22013246
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      55: 4 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM

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