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SAPWELL, Charles
(Service number 85721)

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Birth

Date 13/02/1886 Place of Birth Kelso

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Hassell Street, Timaru
Occupation Painter
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Married - widowed. One child
Next of Kin Mrs Agnes SAPWELL (mother), Hassell Street, Timaru
Religion Presbyterian
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Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
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Post-war Occupations

Painter

Death

Date 20 September 1968 Age 82 years
Place of Death Napier
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Memorial or Cemetery Wharerangi Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Albert Sapwell was the fourth son of Thomas Ekins Sapwell and Agnes née Donaldson. He married Isabel Malcolm Barclay on 19 January 1910 at Mataura. They had a daughter, Doris Isabel, born on 6 July 1911 at Invercargill. Isabel died in 1917, aged 33 years; and Charles married MaryDale in 1921. Their daughter, Mavis Maureen (1922-2001), is buried with them.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [15 March 2018]; Wharerangi Cemetery headstone transcription & burial record (Napier City Council) [17 March 2018]

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