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Ray Wilberforce Moss-Blundell

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  • Service number
    WWI 61714 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Wellington Regiment Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Ray Wilberforce AWMM
  • Surname
    Moss-Blundell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 61714 AWMM
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Military Record
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 October 1888 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    4 October 1888 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Military record
  • Place of birth
    London, England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Military record
  • Birth notes
    son of Arthur Spence Moss-Blundell Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Military record
  • Address before enlistment
    Coronation Hotel, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Military record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs A. Bankard (sister), 5 Pilgrim's Avenue, Hampstead, London, England AWMM
  • Relationship status
    single Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Military record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Wellington Regiment Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 61714 AWMM
  • Military service
    1917-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Military Record
  • 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 Shepherd/Civilian AWMM
    • 28 June 1917 at Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    28 yrs 9 mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Military Record

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
    1918 wounded in France, shell fragments in Right shoulder & middle finger amputated Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Military record

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    6 September 1971 Public Source
  • Date of death
    6 September 1971 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Record
  • Age at death
    82 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Record
  • Place of death
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Record
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Taruheru Cemetery Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Record
  • Grave reference
    Block RSA; plot 608; Warrant # 12992 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 September 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Record
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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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/R21378043
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      72: 8 AWMM
    • The parting of the ways : a souvenir record of the triumphs, tribulations and maritime musings of returning draft H.M.N.Z.T No. 217, 'Zealandic'. January 18th, 1919 to February 26th, 1919. AWMM

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02 September 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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