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Douglas Victor McCaw

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Headstone, Jerusalem War Cemetery (Photo Alan and Hazel Kerr, 2007) - No known copyright restrictions

Headstone, Jerusalem War Cemetery (Photo Alan and Hazel Kerr, 2007) - No known copyright restriction …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Douglas Victor AWMM
  • Surname
    McCaw AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 71042 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
    W.A. McCaw (father), Education Office, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
  • 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 71042 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 Farm Cadet/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
    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Malaria AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Moeraki then Transhipped to "Ormonde" at Sydney for Suez. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    18 October 1918 AWMM
    Palestine, Middle East AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel AWMM
  • 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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  • Hi, I am researching the men of the Otautau War Memorial, Southland. If you have a photo of Douglas Victor McCaw that you'd like to share with the Otautau Museum and the Otautau RSA, please contact me. Thanks, Cathy/Otautau Museum
    Public - Cathy - Researcher - 2 March 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      79: 6 AWMM
    • The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) 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. 5: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
07 April 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
02 March 2015CathyOtautau, New ZealandResearcher

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