Informationen zu Geburt

Geburtsdatum:
28/07/1887
Geburtsort:
Leek, Staffordshire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Allgemeine Informationen

Beruf:
Landwirt / Bauman / Ökonom

Informationen zum Armeedienst

Land:
New Zealand
Truppe:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Dienstnummer:
32124
Einberufung datum:
25/07/1916
Einberufung ort:
Trentham, Wellington, New Zealand
Einheiten:
 —  Canterbury Regiment, 3rd Bn.  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Informationen zu Tod

Sterbedatum:
22/11/1917
Sterbeort:
Joiners Rest, Belgien
Todesursache:
Im Kampf gefallen
Alter:
30

Begräbnisplatz

Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood
Grabstelle: I
Reihe: A
Grab: 11

Auszeichnungen und Orden 2

British War Medal
Medaille
Victory Medal
Medaille

Punkte von Interesse 2

#1 Geburtsort
#2 Einberufung ort

Meine Geschichte

Private Reuben Clulow served in the Canterbury Regiment, Third Battalion, 4th New Zealand Brigade. He was the son of the late Mrs. Fanny Clulow, of 77, Shirburn Rd., Leek, Staffs., England.

His unit was in the Polygon Wood sector after the end of the Third Battle of Ypres. Much of the time was spent in wiring, repairing crumbling trenches and improving defences. The landscape was covered with waterlogged shellholes.

Neither the New Zealand Division history or that of the Canterbury Regiment give detailed information for the November 1917-February 1918 period so it is impossible to say with any certainty how Reuben Clulow died on 22 November 1917. On the night of 21/22 November, 3rd Canterbury Battalion relieved the 3rd Auckland Battalion at a position called Joiners Rest, at Polygon Wood and it can be presumed he was killed during this event. The opposing German forces generally held higher ground, and movement in the New Zealand lines was often observed and shelled or machine-gunned.

He is buried in Buttes New British in Plot I, Row A, Grave 11 with others of the 3rd Canterbury Battalion who died on 22 November 1917.

Dateien 2

Quellen 5

"The history of the Canterbury Regiment N .Z .E .F. : 1914 -1919", Ferguson D., Whitcombe and Tombs, 1921, p.204 - 211
Verwendete Quellen
Auckland Cenotaph
http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C2789?n=clulow&ordinal=1&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch
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CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead/results?firstName=Reuben&lastName=Clulow
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NZEF-Project
http://nzef.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=48055
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The Long, Long Trail
http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/
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