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Sidney Harland Ward

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 70), Page: 26 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 70), Page: 26 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Sidney Harland AWMM
  • Surname
    Ward AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 3/3625 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Margaret Ward (wife), Whangarei, North Auckland, 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 3/3625 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 Medical practitioner 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
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • He was the son of Josiah & Martha Annie WARD (nee Dean). His father was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand. His mother was born in Kent, England.

    On the 23rd December 1912, he married Margaret HARRINGTON at Durham, England. They lived in Whangarei and had two children before Dr. Ward enlisted - Zoe (b1916) and Derek Harland (b1917). They later had a third child that they named Margaret.

    His son Derek Harland WARD (40786) was killed in action in WW2. Public - Sandra - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Waipu Museum
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Death

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  • Death
    26 October 1959 Public Source
  • Date of death
    26 October 1959 Public - Sandra - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Whangarei Council Online Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    75 Public - Sandra - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Whangarei Council Online Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    Whangarei Public - Sandra - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Whangarei Council Online Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Maunu Cemetery Public - Sandra - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Whangarei Council Online Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    RSA Block Nine Plot 268 Public - Sandra - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Whangarei Council Online Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
    WARD, Dr. Sidney Harland (3/3624 Lieut.-Col. NZ Medical Corps, WW1). On October 23, 1959, at Whangarei (suddenly), dearly-loved husband of Madge (153 Bank St, Whangarei) and loved father of Zoe, Margaret and Derek (killed in action); also much-loved grandfather of Robert, Michael, David, Angela, Sandra, Prunella, Derek and Toni. A service will be held in the Methodist Church, Bank St., Whangarei, at 11.30 am. Monday, October 26, funeral leaving afterwards for Maunu Soldiers Lawn Cemetery. (Northern Advocate, Oct 1959) Public - Sandra - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Whangarei Library
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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22015881
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family 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
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      70: 26 AWMM
    • Pat Clarkson Medical Practitioner Research Project (January 2014 - March 2022). This project identified Medical Practioners who served in WWI. AWMM

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