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Wilfred Cecil Bedford

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Wilfred Cecil AWMM
  • Surname
    Bedford AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 27170 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 March 1882 AWMM Okaupu, Waikato AWMM
    Okaupu, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Reverend H.H. Bedford (father), 35 Hepburn Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 15 November 1916 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
    • Sling Camp AWMM
    • Codford AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 1 June 1916 AWMM Accountant/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
    Died of disease AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Bedford's next of kin is incorrectly recorded as his father.

    Bedford left for France on 28 May 1917 shortly after he became ill and was admitted, on 17 June 1917, to an isolation hospital suffering from mumps. By mid July he had developed gallstones and was evacuated to No.1 NZGH, Brockenhurst. He survived only two and a half more months and died as a result of an abscess on the liver. (Church, p.159) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    22 September 1917 AWMM
    Age 35 AWMM
    Brockenhurst, Hampshire AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Hampshire, England AWMM Plot A, Row 4, Grave 4 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
    • All Saints Church, 284 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby Auckland 1011 AWMM
    • An eagle lectern was made and given in Sgt Bedford's memory to St Thomas Church, Union St Freeman's Bay. The lectern was transferred to St Matthew-in-the-City in 1967; then loaned to MOTAT for their historic village in 1974. It was returned to St Matthew's in 2022 and now sits in the Peace Chapel. Public - Helen - 5 May 2022 - MOTAT records

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22 September 2018JulianaAucklandResearcher

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