Clifford Wharfedale Mather

Forenames

Clifford Wharfedale AWMM

Surname

Mather AWMM

Also known as

• Clifford Wharfdale Mather AWMM
• Clifford Wharfdale AWMM

Service number

WWI 25/129 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Methodist, Christian AWMM

Birth

13 Mar 1889 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Toko, Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Reverend Joseph John Mather (father), Henley Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 05 Feb 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 25/129 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM
Age  26 AWMM
Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 05 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 42 or HMNZT 43 or HMNZT 44 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM 3rd Battalion, B Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion AWMM

Son of Mrs. Amelia and Joseph John Mather, of 24A, Grange Rd., Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand.

Remembered at Pukekohe Intermediate School, with Memorial stones & loving memory roses.

Name mispelled Wharfdale on the Nominal Roll

Next of Kin: Mrs A. Mather, Grange Rd., Mt., Eden (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

30 Jun 1916 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM II. E. 121. AWMM

Memorial name

• Pukekohe Intermediate School, WW1, Memorial stones & loving memory roses AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21373618
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Pukekohe school First World War memorial
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/pukekohe-school-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/200675/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/200675
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  24: 6
• Franklin county news
  Alexander, E. (2 March 2006). Memorial Stones ceremony organised.
• Miller, R. (compiler). (2012). Pukekohe's memorial stones. Auckland, N.Z.: Franklin Historical Society.
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.