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Herbert Walter Pennell

1887-1942

Unit

3rd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37535

About

Born in New Zealand

16 January 1887
Parents

Mother

Mary Pennell

Father

John Pennell
Residence

Hometown

Karangahake
Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Talisman Gold Mining Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 55

12 September 1942

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5550 14/0091842, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.45, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 36.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Herbert Walter Pennell (1887-1942)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/668

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