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Hector MAPLESDEN

Regimental number286
Place of birthWellington, New Zealand
SchoolNewtown School, Wellington, New Zealand
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPlumber
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMrs Maplesden, 43 Epuni Street, Wellington, New Zealand
Enlistment date26 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 3 December 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialBernafay Wood British Cemetery (Row I, Grave No. 43), Montauban, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
70
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Oscar and Ellen MAPLESDEN. Native of Wellington, New Zealand

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