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Henry Daniel Blane Affleck

Informationen zu Geburt

Geburtsdatum:
26/08/1891
Geburtsort:
Glentunnel, Canterbury, New Zealand

Allgemeine Informationen

Beruf:
Lebensmittelverkäufer

Informationen zum Armeedienst

Land:
New Zealand
Truppe:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Dienstnummer:
24527
Einberufung datum:
18/05/1916
Einberufung ort:
Trentham, Wellington, New Zealand
Einheiten:
 —  Canterbury Regiment, 1st Bn.  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Informationen zu Tod

Sterbedatum:
14/10/1917
Sterbeort:
Bellevue, Belgien
Todesursache:
Im Kampf gefallen
Alter:
26

Gedenkstätte

Tyne Cot, New Zealand Apse
Tafel: New Zealand Apse no. 2

Auszeichnungen und Orden 2

British War Medal
Medaille — 20/09/1921
Victory Medal
Medaille — 28/07/1922

Punkte von Interesse 2

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Meine Geschichte

Private Henry Daniel Blane Affleck, a 26-year-old grocer’s assistant from Dunedin, New-Zealand was killed in action on 14 October 1917. After the disastrous events of 12 October 1917, Henry’s unit, the 1st Battalion Canterbury Regiment, temporarily served as stretcher-bearers. They collected comrades who had been wounded during the attack on the Bellevue Ridge. The wounded were brought to Waterloo Farm, which was used as a regimental aid post.

On the 14th of October, private Affleck was reported killed in action. On his service record it is mentioned that he was buried between Peter Pan and Bellevue ( 28NE.D.4.d.2.2 ), which is 200 meters in front of the frontline. He might have been killed while working as a stretcher bearer. An informal armistice was observed, but the Germans fired on anyone who appeared without a stretcher. Henry Daniel Blane Affleck’s remains weren’t identified and he is remembered at the Tyne Cot Memorial to the missing.

Dateien 1

Quellen 2

" The History of the Canterbury Regiment N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919 ", Ferguson D., Auckland, Whitcombe & Tombs, 1921, pg. 197-203.
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" The Third Ypres Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account ", McCarthy C., London, Arms & Armour Press, 1995., pp. 114-116
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