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PALMER, Frederick
(Service number 32379)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	21/10/1874	Place of Birth	Devonshire, England

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	St Andrews
Occupation	Wool classer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	J. G. PALMER (brother), Saint Andrews
Religion	Congregational
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	10th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	15 November 1916
Transport	Maunganui
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

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

Farmer

Death

Date	3 March 1952	Age	79 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference	Block 1A, Plot 383
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Frederick Palmer came from England to New Zealand about 1913-1914. He returned from the war in March 1919 per the "Athenic".

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [16 March 2019]; Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch burial record (Christchurch city Council) [17 March 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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