George Francis McNeish

Title

Sergeant

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Forenames

George Francis AWMM

Surname

McNeish AWMM

Also known as

Jack AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/210 AWMM

Gender

• Male AWMM
• Male
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Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Tainui, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Religion

Methodist

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Birth

30 Nov 1892 Public Source

Date of birth

30 November 1892

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Place of birth

Cambridge NZ

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Birth notes

son of James McNeish & Jane Elizabeth Nee' Castle

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Telegraph-office, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Mrs J. McNeish (mother), Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
• Son of Mr James McNeish (deceased) and Mrs Jane Elizabeth McNeish of Cambridge, NZ
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Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• Pre WWI, 1912-1914
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Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• Egyptian - Gallipoli
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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• Pre WWI: NZ Territorials - NZ Post & Telegraphic Corps
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• Auckland Mounted Rifles
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Service number

WWI 13/210 AWMM

Military service

• Pre War: 1912-1914
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• 1914-1915
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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Plaque & Scroll # 508557

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Military training

Auckland Mounted Rifles

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
• 13 Aug 1914 at Whangarei
  13 Sept 1914 at Auckland
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• Cambridge NZ
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Age on enlistment

• 21 yrs 11mths
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• 22 yrs
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• 21 DOB: 30 November 1892
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Occupation before enlistment

Telegraph Post Office

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Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Sergeant AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• July 1915 suffered from diarrhoea & sent to Mudros, then became ill with bronchitis
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Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

• Son of Jane McNeish, of Duke St., Cambridge
  
  Next of Kin: Mrs J. McNeish, Cambridge, Waikato (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
• Date of Birth:
  30 November 1892
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Death

8 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
• Cambridge War Memorial, Queen Street, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM
• Hautapu RSA Memorial 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, Leamington, Cambridge AWMM
• Cambridge Cenotaph, Victoria St, Cambridge 3434 AWMM
• Cambridge World War One War Memorials AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10926936
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/680182/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/680182
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 472
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 4: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.