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William Flowers
Informationen zu Geburt
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Geburtsdatum: 12/01/1891 |
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Geburtsort: Collingwood, Tasman, New Zealand |
Allgemeine Informationen
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Beruf: Bergmann |
Informationen zum Armeedienst
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Land: New Zealand |
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Truppe: New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
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Rang: Private |
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Dienstnummer: 42797 |
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Einheiten: — Canterbury Regiment, 3rd Bn. (Letzte bekannte Einheit) |
Informationen zu Tod
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Sterbedatum: 22/11/1917 |
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Sterbeort: Joiners Rest, Belgien |
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Todesursache: Im Kampf gefallen |
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Alter: 26 |
Begräbnisplatz
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Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood Grabstelle: IX Reihe: AA Grab: 8 |
Auszeichnungen und Orden 2
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British War Medal Medaille |
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Victory Medal Medaille |
Punkte von Interesse 1
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Meine Geschichte
Private William Flowers served in the Canterbury Regiment, Third Battalion, 4th New Zealand Brigade. He was the brother of Charles Flowers, of Pakawau, Collingwood, Nelson, New Zealand.
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 William Flowers 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 Cemetery in Plot IX, Row AA, Grave 8 with others of the 3rd Canterbury Battalion who died on 22 November 1917.
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 William Flowers 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 Cemetery in Plot IX, Row AA, Grave 8 with others of the 3rd Canterbury Battalion who died on 22 November 1917.
Quellen 5
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"The history of the Canterbury Regiment N.Z.E.F. : 1914-1919", Ferguson D., Whitcombe and Tombs, 1921 , page 204 - 211 Verwendete Quellen |
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Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1924/31834_224161__0004-00267?pid=28490&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D1924%26h%3D28490%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DPbN3066%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=PbN3066&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true Weitere Quellen |
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Archwayrecord https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=21003661&digital=yes Verwendete Quellen |
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Auckland Cenotaph http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C4960?n=Flowers&w=World%20War%20I%2C%201914-1918&ordinal=2&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch Verwendete Quellen |
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CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/480226/flowers,-william/ Verwendete Quellen |