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James Norman Waite

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories Panel Walker, T.D. - Wahlstrom, G.E. (photo J Halpin 2010) (CC-BY John Halpin)

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories Panel Walker, T.D. - Wahlstrom, G.E. (pho …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Norman AWMM
  • Surname
    Waite AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 42238 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 April 1892 AWMM Thames, Coromandel District AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    David Ambrose Waite (brother), Hopai, via Thames, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 April 1917 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 2 January 1917 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Plumber 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 7.5 inches AWMM
    • Suicide, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Jane Waite and Charles Norman Waite.

    One attestation paper on his service record notes he applied to enlist May 1916 but was rejected on medical grounds with an injured foot.

    He recorded his parents were partially dependent on him. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    21 June 1921 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    Kopuarahi, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Suicide AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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