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Daniel McLaren

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Gravestone, Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras (photo G Fortune) - Image has All Rights Reserved

Gravestone, Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras (photo G Fortune) - Image has All Rights Reserved

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Daniel AWMM
  • Surname
    McLaren AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 4/1665 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 June 1879 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Dunedin, Otago Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Vincent, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Robert A. McLaren (son), Blind Institute, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Hinemoa Gilsenan nee McLaren (daughter) Reefton,south Island Public - hinemoa - Direct descendant - 24 April 2017 - family oral history
  • Relationship status
    Pre 18 December 1915 AWMM Widowed AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • Battle of Messines AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 4/1665 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 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
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 8.5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      147 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked Auckland, 18 December 1915; disembarked Plymouth, England, 18 February 1916.
    Proceeded overseas to France, 9 March 1916.
    Killed in action, 8 February 1917. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    8 February 1917 AWMM
    Messines, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Arras Public - Tony - Direct descendant - 9 October 2017 - Family sources
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM III. C. 19. 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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  • Thinking of you this day Anzac day.your great grandaughter Johanne Mclaren.
    Public - Neil and Johanne - Direct descendant - 25 April 2020
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Sources

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01 December 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
05 August 2021AdenAuckland, New ZealandOther relative
10 July 2021AllanRotoruaResearcher
25 April 2020Neil and JohanneAucklandDirect descendant
09 October 2017TonyReeftonDirect descendant

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