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Cenotaph record

Frederick Rich Smale

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  • Service number
    • WWI 40381 AWMM
    • WWII 1/8/243 AWMM
    • WWII 1/8/143 AWMM
    • WWII: # 1/8/243 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Auckland Infantry Regt Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record
    • WWII: 1st NZ Field Ambulance Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frederick Rich AWMM
  • Surname
    Smale AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 40381 AWMM
    • WWII 1/8/243 AWMM
    • WWII 1/8/143 AWMM
    • WWII: # 1/8/243 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 April 1893 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    24 April 1893 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record & Research
  • Place of birth
    Tirau, Waikato, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record & Research
  • Birth notes
    son of Francis Dyer Rich SMALE & Lilly May nee' WRIGHT Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record & Research
  • Address before enlistment
    • c/- Thompson & Farrer, Hamilton Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record & Research
    • WWII: 52 Mountain Rd, Auckland Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
    Doctor at Thames Hospital Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record & Research
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW1 Francis D.R. Smale (father), Post-office, Whatatutu, New Zealand AWMM
    • WWII: Mrs Clarice Mary Smale (wife), 52 Mountain Rd, Auckland Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record
  • Relationship status
    single
    1925 married Clarice Mary WILLIAMSON Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record & Research

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    • Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record
    • WWII: In NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Auckland Infantry Regt Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record
    • WWII: 1st NZ Field Ambulance Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    • WWI 40381 AWMM
    • WWII 1/8/243 AWMM
    • WWII 1/8/143 AWMM
    • WWII: # 1/8/243 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record
  • Military service
    • 1916-1918 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record
    • WWII: 1941-1942 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record
  • 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 Surveyor AWMM
    • WWI: 9 Nov 1916 at Hamilton
      WWII: 9 May 1941 in Auckland Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
    WWII: Obstetrican Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    WWI: 23yrs; WWII: 48yrs 6mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record

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
    1917 seriously wounded Gun shot wound in back - invalided home Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Military Record

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    WWI: Private
    WWII: Captain Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Miltiary Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • FredericK Rich SMALE was the brother of:
    Ivy Muriel SMALE (Sister NZANS # 22/156) Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Research

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 July 1956 Public Source
  • Date of death
    27 July 1956 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Purewa Cemetery Records, Auckland
  • Age at death
    62yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Purewa Cemetery Records, Auckland
  • Place of death
    Auckland NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Purewa Cemetery Records, Auckland
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Purewa Cemetery, Auckland Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Purewa Cemetery Records, Auckland
  • Grave reference
    Block J Row 34 Plot 70 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - Purewa Cemetery Records, Auckland
  • Obituary
    Frederick Rich Smale, MB ChB NZ 1924, FRCSEd 1931, DGO Melb 1940. Regd 18 May 1925: Thames Hospital/Auckland. (Called Rex). Born in Tirau, Waikato, and educated at Auckland Grammar School. Served in WW1. Practd in Rotherham, North Canterbury. Obstetrician in Auckland from 1940 and died there 27 July 1956 aged 62. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 November 2016 - http://thecommunityarchive.org.nz/node/74583/description
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
09 November 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher
01 June 2015David SmaleNelson, New ZealandChild

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