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CALDWELL, Charles
(Service number 49599)

Memorial Card, Charles Caldwell (interior) — (Courtesy of H Fifield )

Memorial Card, Charles Caldwell (exterior) — (Courtesy of H Fifield )

Otipua War Memorial, pictured in 2010 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.15 #01)

Otipua War Memorial - World War One names, pictured in 2010 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.15 #02)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farm Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Alexander Caldwell (father) Otipua Timaru New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	26th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date	9 June 1917
Transport	HMNZT 85, Willochra
Embarked From	Wellington New Zealand	Destination	Devonport England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	13 December 1917	Age	24
Place of Death	Ypres, Belgium
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Polygon Wood Cemetry Zonnebeke West- Vlaanderen Belgium/ Grave Reference - F.16
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Beaconsfield/Otipua War Memorial; Southburn School War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Charles Caldwell was the son of Alexander and Ellen Caldwell of Otipua Timaru New Zealand

Sources

Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database;

External Links

Researched and Written by

Heather Fifield

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