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Cenotaph record

English Māori

Henry Betson Jane

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 66), Page: 11 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 66), Page: 11 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Henry Betson AWMM
  • Surname
    Jane AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 48404 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 July 1872 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Christchurch, Canterbury Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Winnie Lucy Jane (wife), Kawhai Street, Nelson, 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 48404 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      128 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • War service: England
    Enmbarked Wellington, 9 June 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 16 August 1917, and marched in to No 2 Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, Sling Camp.
    Classified unfit for Active service, 29 October 1917, and placed on NZ Roll.
    Admitted to hospital, Tidworth, 17 November 1917; transferred to Quarantine Camp, Perham Downs, 21 November 1917; marched in to NZ Discharge Depot, Torquay, 1 June 1918.
    Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board SS 'Paparoa', 8 August 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service: deformed foot and old age), 7 November 1918.
    Total war service: 1 year 247 days (of which 1 year 124 days were abroad)
    Medal: British War Medal

    Parents: William Thomas (b. Redruth, Cornwall, England) and Caroline Betson JANE (b. Cork, Ireland) AWMM
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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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Sources

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