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William Roland Ashwell

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  • Service number
    WWI 50463 AWMM
  • Also known as
    William Rowland AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Roland AWMM
  • Surname
    Ashwell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    William Rowland AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 50463 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 January 1896 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    7 January 1896 Public - Paul - Researcher - 16 March 2015 - Bank of New Zealand Archives
  • Place of birth
    Temuka, Canterbury Public - Paul - Researcher - 16 March 2015 - Military Personel File
  • Birth notes
    Parents: Joseph and Cordelia (nee Green) Ashwell. Public - Paul - Researcher - 16 March 2015 - New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages.
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Resumed career with BNZ at Ohakune branch on 4 March 1920. Resigned on 30 November 1920 to go on the Public - Paul - Researcher - 16 March 2015 - Bank of New Zealand Archives
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Joseph Ashwell (father), Temuka, 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 50463 AWMM
  • Military service
    2 years and 163 days. Discharged 4 September 1919. Public - Paul - Researcher - 16 March 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • 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 Banker/Civilian AWMM
    • Enlisted 26 March 1917 Public - Paul - Researcher - 16 March 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Joined Bank of New Zealand 6 January 1913 and on staff of Temuka branch at time of enlistment. Public - Paul - Researcher - 16 March 2015 - Bank of New Zealand Archives
  • Age on enlistment
    21 Public - Paul - Researcher - 16 March 2015 - Military Personnel File

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
    1941 Public Source
  • Date of death
    1941 Public - Paul - Researcher - 16 March 2015 - New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Kiwi Index, Version 1.
  • Age at death
    Abt. 45 Public - Paul - Researcher - 16 March 2015 - New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Kiwi Index, Version 1.
  • Place of death
    Christchurch, New Zealand Public - Paul - Researcher - 16 March 2015 - New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Kiwi Index, Version 1.
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Roly's brother, Sidney Herbert Ashwell died of wounds in France on 2 September 1918.
    Public - Paul - Researcher - 16 March 2015
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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/R22271319
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Bank of New Zealand officers who enlisted for military service in the First World War. Research completed by Paul Hickford (2014-2017). AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      70: 22 AWMM
    • The short cut : being a souvenir of the wanderings of "A" Company, 29th Reinforcements, across the two great oceans : Christmas souvenir. [1917]. London: Printed by St. Clements Press. AWMM

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16 March 2015PaulWest Auckland, New ZealandResearcher

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