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Henrik Hugo Alexander Blomkvist

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 67), Page: 39 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 67), Page: 39 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Henrik Hugo Alexander AWMM
  • Surname
    Blomkvist AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 52563 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 October 1896 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    19 October 1896 Public - Bron - Researcher - 18 June 2019 - Ancestry.com
  • Place of birth
    Vexala, Munsala Finland Public - Bron - Researcher - 18 June 2019 - Ancestry.com
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Henrik Blomkvist (father), Pigeon Bay, 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 52563 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 Bushman/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
    31 January 1975 Public Source
  • Date of death
    31 January 1975 Public - Bron - Researcher - 18 June 2019 - Ancestry.com and Billion Graves
  • Age at death
    78 Public - Bron - Researcher - 18 June 2019 - Ancestry.com and Billion Graves
  • Place of death
    Christchurch Public - Bron - Researcher - 18 June 2019 - Ancestry.com and billion Graves
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Woodlawn Memorial Gardens Public - Bron - Researcher - 18 June 2019 - Billion Graves and Ancestry.com.
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

Remember Henrik Hugo Alexander Blomkvist by laying a poppy.

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  • Thank you Henrik Blomkvist for your service to our country.

    Poem for the fallen.
    by Lawrence Binyon

    They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
    Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
    At the going down of the sun and in the morning
    We will remember them.

    LEST WE FORGET
    Public - Bron - Researcher - 18 June 2019
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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/R20544642
    Further Reference
  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
    • 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
      67: 39 AWMM

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19 June 2019BronSelwyn DistrictResearcher

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