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Ernest Harold DENTON

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Date of birth24 November 1883
Date of death13 September 1918
Mothers nameHelen (née White)
Spouses nameUnmarried
Fathers nameThomas Charles Denton
Parents date of marriage1877
Parents place of marriageNew Zealand
SiblingsAnnie Esther (m 1910 Jude, d 1932), Percival, Arthur, Roy, Alice May (m 1912 Cameron & m 1938 Vickers), Edward
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Cause of deathKilled in action
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Last known residence Rakauroa (Gisborne area).
AwardsBritish War Medal, Victory Medal
Place of birthCheltenham, Manawatu, New Zealand
OccupationSheep farmer, self employed at Ohau & Koputaroa
Place of deathIn the field, France
Date of arrival overseas07 January 1918
Theatres of warWestern European 1918
Place of embarkationon "Tahiti"
SurnameDENTON
War memorialLevin, Weraroa Peace Gates, Ihakara Hall, Muhunoa Roll of Honour Board
Place enlistedGisborne
Christian namesErnest Harold
Place of arrival overseasLiverpool, England
Overseas memorialGrevilliers (NZ) Memorial
WarsWW1
Service number61560
ReligionWesleyan
Date enlisted28 April 1917
Final rankPrivate
Regiment or service1st Bn, Wellington Infantry Regiment, NZEF
Embarkation date16 November 1917
User reference2.136

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Parents were Farmers of Waiata, near Cheltenham from 1883; previously of Opawa, Christchurch & Oxford, Canterbury. Thomas having arrived as an infant in 1850 on one of the “first four ships”.

Declared age: 34 yrs 5mths.

Height: 5’7”. Chest: 37" - 41”.

Complexion: Fresh.

Eyes: Hazel. Hair: L Brown.

Probate: Will at Archives NZ, Auckland.

Also recorded on Roll of Honour in side Chapel at St Mary’s Anglican Church, Levin. Also was on Roll of Honour in the Century Hall (mainly Methodist).

In the Otaki Electoral Rolls of 1911 and 1914 Ernest Harold Denton is a Farmer of Koputaroa.

NOK: Mrs Annie Ester Jude, sister of Ihakara, Levin.

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