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Topic: Wilmott Frederick POWELL

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Killed during the August Offensive aged 24 years.

Age on Enlistment: 23 years 4 months.

Medals sent to father 13 October 13 October 1921.

Hair: Dark Brown. Eyes: Grey.

Height: 5'9". Complexion: Fair.

Weight: 126lb. Chest: 31" - 34"

Employer: Levin & Co Ltd, Foxton.

NOK: Frederick William Powell (father)

Previous Military Training: 1911 1914 NZ Territorials (6th MR).

Father remarried in 1912 to Edith Augusta Fitchett

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Date of birth:	06 April 1891
Date of death:	09 August 1915
Place of birth:	Wanganui, New Zealand
Awards:	1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Occupation:	Clerk
Cause of death:	Killed in action
Place of death:	In the Field, Dardanelles
Spouses name:	Unmarried
Fathers name:	Frederick William Powell
Fathers date of birth:	abt 1859
Fathers place of birth:	Wanganui, New Zealand
Fathers occupation:	Bank Officer
Fathers date of death:	21 June 1932. Buried Karori Cemetery, Wellington
Fathers place of death:	Homewood Crescent, Wellington
Mothers name:	Kate Mylius (née Smallbore)
Mothers date of death:	17 September 1906, buried Karori Cemetery, Wellington
Mothers place of death:	Wellington
Parents date of marriage:	1885
Siblings:	Dorothy Madoline (b 1886), Florence Wilmot (b 1887), and half sister aged 19 years in 1932
Parents place of marriage:	Wellington, New Zealand
Date of arrival overseas:	50 days on board
Theatres of war:	Ehyptian 1914 - 1915, Balkan 1915
Place of embarkation:	Wellington on HMNZT No 4
Surname:	POWELL
War memorial:	Foxton
Christian names:	Wilmot Frederick
Overseas memorial:	Chunuk Bair (NZ) Memorial
Wars:	WW 1
Service number:	11/118
Religion:	C of E
Date enlisted:	15 August 1914
Final rank:	Trooper
Regiment or service:	6 Manawatu Sqdn, Wellington Mounted Rifles Main Body
Embarkation date:	16 October 1914
User reference:	1.56