condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Clifford Eru Cotton

Lay a poppy
1/4 portrait of Private Clifford Eru Cotton, Reg No 40305, of the 23rd Reinforcements, E Company. (Photographer: Herman Schmidt, 1917). Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 31-C2247. No known copyright.

1/4 portrait of Private Clifford Eru Cotton, Reg No 40305, of the 23rd Reinforcements, E Company. (P …

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Clifford Eru AWMM
  • Surname
    Cotton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 40305 AWMM
    • WWII 472873 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs A. Cotton (mother), Tuhipa, via Kawakawa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

Contribute ›
  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes

Last known rank

Contribute ›
  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • He was the son of Alfred Hedley & Adele COTTON (nee Penniston) from Kawakawa. His father was born on the Isle of Wight and his mother in Bermuda.

    In 1924, he married Marjorie DINSDALE. They had five children – Adele, John, Jim, Peter & Neida. Public - Sandra - Researcher - 3 December 2018 - Waipu Museum

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    2 August 1973 Public Source
  • Date of death
    2 August 1973 Public - Sandra - Researcher - 3 December 2018 - Waipu Museum
  • Age at death
    77 Public - Sandra - Researcher - 3 December 2018 - Waipu Museum
  • Place of death
    Whangarei Public - Sandra - Researcher - 3 December 2018 - Waipu Museum
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Maunu Cemetery Public - Sandra - Researcher - 3 December 2018 - Whangarei District Council Online Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Forest Lawn Block Twenty Three Plot 2482 Public - Sandra - Researcher - 3 December 2018 - Whangarei District Council Online Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
    COTTON, Clifford Eru (veteran First World War). On August 2, 1973, at Whangarei (of One Tree Point, Ruakaka), dearly beloved husband of Marjorie, much loved father of Adele (Mrs Adams, Whangarei), John (Maungakaramea), Jim (Purewa), Peter (Wellsford), and Neida (Mrs G Vuietich, Whangarei), loved father-in-law of Helen, Dot, Bunty and George, cherished pa of 14 grandchildren and loved brother of Marjorie (Mrs Martin, Ruakaka); in his 78th year. Peacefully sleeping. A service will be held at the Central Baptist Church, Bank St, Whangarei, at 1pm today (Saturday), funeral then leaving for Maunu Forest Lawn Cemetery. All communications to 39B Princes St, Whangarei. (NZ Herald) Public - Sandra - Researcher - 3 December 2018 - Waipu Museum
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Clifford Eru Cotton by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Clifford Eru Cotton

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›
  • External links
    Military Personnel File
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R24055430
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      57: 17 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

Contributors

Command item
Command item
Add new record Refresh
DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
03 December 2018SandraWaipuResearcher
03 March 2016Karyn AdeleMarket Harborough, United KingdomDirect descendant

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.