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Donald Hunter Churches

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 69), Page: 4 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Donald Hunter AWMM
  • Surname
    Churches AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 52151 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    16 May 1895 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E.J. Churches (mother), Belmont Terrace, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 52151 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 Bricklayer/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' 6" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      140 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked Wellington, 14 July 1917; transshipped to HMT 'Norman', 28 August 1917; disembarked Plymouth, England, 24 September 1917.
    Proceeded overseas to France from Camp Sling, 26 October 1917; joined 1st Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, 8 November 1917.
    Attached to Australian Tunnellers, 11 December 1917; rejoined unit from detachment, 19 January 1918.
    Appointed Company Cook, 14 March 1918; relinquished appointment as Company Cook, 18 March 1918.
    Appointed Company Cook, 20 April 1918.
    On leave to United Kingdom, 16 October 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 2 November 1918.
    Relinquished appointment as Cook, 3 March 1919.
    Found guilty, 10 April 1919, of when on Active Service being absent without leave, 2259, 6 April, to 1800, 8 April 1919: forfeited 2 days' pay.
    Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board 'Ruahine', 19 May 1919; discharged (on account of illness contracted on Active Service), 28 April 1920.
    Total war service: 3 years 19 days (of which 1 year 360 days was abroad). 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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