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Hugh Douglas Forde
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 4/12/1895 |
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Place of birth: Ellerslie, Auckland, New Zealand |
General information
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Profession: Clerk |
Army information
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Country: New Zealand |
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Force: New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Gunner |
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Service number: 13505 |
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Enlistment date: 09/02/1916 |
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Enlistment place: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Units: — New Zealand Field Artillery, 4th (Howitzer) Bty. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 26/10/1917 |
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Place of death: No. 3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Nine Elms, Poperinge, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Died of wounds (D.O.W.) |
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Age: 22 |
Cemetery
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Nine Elms British Cemetery Plot: 6 Row: E Grave: 15 |
Distinctions and medals 2
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British War Medal Medal — 12/10/1921 |
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Victory Medal Medal — 23/08/1922 |
Points of interest 3
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| #2 | Enlistment place | ||
| #3 | Place of death (approximate) |
My story
Gunner Forde Hugh Douglas (4th Battery, 3th Brigade New Zealand Royal Field Artillery, Divisional Toorps, New Zealand Division) suffered a wound to his right hand and thigh due to German shelling on the 25th October 1917. The New Zealand artillery had moved their guns forward to the positions near Winnipeg-Kansas Cross Roads. Guns were also placed at Schuler Farm and Spree Farm. German artillery and bombers shelled these positions regularly. Gunner Forde was taken to the 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station (C.C.S.), where he died of his wounds the next day. He was buried at Nine Elms British Cemetery. On his Service Record it is first mentioned that he was buried at 27.L.22.d.6.3. which corresponds with Lijssenthoek Cemetery and Remy Siding. On the next line Nine Elms is mentioned, so we presume that the first coordinate was an error.
Connection to other soldiers 1
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Norman Arthur Forde
Brother |
Sources 1
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Byrne J.R., New Zealand Artillery in the Field 1914-1918 (Eastbourne, Antony Rowe Ltd., 1920), pg. 196 -198. Sources used |
More information 5
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/136669 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=122845a9-2c77-43c6-ab4e-4490eafae7c7 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7174603 |
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Online Cenotaph (Auckland Museum) https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/c5009 |
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The NZEF Project (UNSW Canberra) https://nzef.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=84210 |