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Harold Dixon Buddle

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Portrait, Second Lieutenant Harold Dixon Buddle - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Second Lieutenant Harold Dixon Buddle - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harold Dixon AWMM
  • Surname
    Buddle AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 24344 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 August 1884 AWMM AWMM
    Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Thomas Buddle (father), 26 Victoria Avenue, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 February 1917 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Passchendaele AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 24344 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 5 April 1916 AWMM
    Age 31 AWMM
    Solicitor/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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Seriously wounded, head and shoulders France 12 October 1917 AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Hospital (Rouen) 26 October -7 November 1917 and in the UK until 10 August 1918 AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Heart attack AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      SW Face # skull CN7. Treated at The Queen's Hospital "Frognal", Sidcup. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Younger son and 3rd child of Thomas and Emma Buddle

    Was operated on for wounds by Harold Gillies, member and benefactor of the Auckland Institute and Museum

    Never married

    Attended Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland). AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    10 July 1961 AWMM
    Age 77 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated at Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Ashes spread at sea, Whangaparoa AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
      Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
      Unpublished papers: family papers AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      55: 34 AWMM
    • A.U.C. roll of honour, 1914 - 1920. MSS & Archives E-2, Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services. 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. 1: Includes portrait AWMM

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