Pte
Percy Melville Close
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 25/02/1883 |
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Place of birth: Fairlie, Canterbury, New Zealand |
General information
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Profession: Engine Driver - Shedman |
Army information
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Country: New Zealand |
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Force: New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 33237 |
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Units: — New Zealand Machine Gun Corps (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 13/01/1918 |
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Age: 34 |
Cemetery
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Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood Plot: I Row: C Grave: 6 |
Distinctions and medals 2
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 1
| #1 | Place of birth |
More information 5
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/480162 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=f81f59d4-1213-4b31-90f1-88d96268ad26 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7172599 |
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Online Cenotaph (Auckland Museum) https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/c2779 |
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The NZEF Project (UNSW Canberra) https://nzef.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=47889 |