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Wilmott Frederick POWELL

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Date of birth06 April 1891
Date of death09 August 1915
Mothers nameKate Mylius (née Smallbore)
Spouses nameUnmarried
Mothers date of death17 September 1906, buried Karori Cemetery, Wellington
Fathers date of birthabt 1859
Mothers place of deathWellington
Fathers nameFrederick William Powell
Fathers place of birthWanganui, New Zealand
Parents date of marriage1885
Parents place of marriageWellington, New Zealand
Fathers date of death21 June 1932. Buried Karori Cemetery, Wellington
Fathers place of deathHomewood Crescent, Wellington
SiblingsDorothy Madoline (b 1886), Florence Wilmot (b 1887), half sister aged 19 years in 1932
Fathers occupationBank Officer
Cause of deathKilled in action
Awards1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Place of birthWanganui, New Zealand
OccupationClerk
Place of deathIn the Field, Dardanelles
Date of arrival overseas50 days on board
Theatres of warEhyptian 1914 - 1915, Balkan 1915
Place of embarkationWellington on HMNZT No 4
SurnamePOWELL
War memorialFoxton
Christian namesWilmot Frederick
Overseas memorialChunuk Bair (NZ) Memorial
WarsWW 1
Service number11/118
ReligionC of E
Date enlisted15 August 1914
Final rankTrooper
Regiment or service6 Manawatu Sqdn, Wellington Mounted Rifles Main Body
Embarkation date16 October 1914
User reference1.56

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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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