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Walter John Sweetapple

Lay a poppy
Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 57), Page: 22 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 57), Page: 22 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    • Walter John AWMM
    • WalterJohn Public - Chris - Researcher - 30 July 2022 - Waipukurau Cemetery
      Hawkes BayToday newspaper
  • Surname
    • Sweetapple AWMM
    • Holmes Public - Chris - Researcher - 30 July 2022 - Waipukurau Cemetery
      Hawkes BayToday newspaper
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 40082 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
    • Mrs A. Sweetapple (mother), Awatoto, Napier, New Zealand AWMM
    • Walter John and Ernest Theodore are brothers. Their parents William and Annie changed their name from Holmes to Sweetapple. Public - Chris - Researcher - 30 July 2022 - Waipukurau Cemetery
      HawkesBay Today
  • 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 40082 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 Labourer/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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • 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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  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R7823276
    Further Reference
  • References
    • 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
      57: 22 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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30 July 2022ChrisMatamata Researcher

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