Andrew Meaney

Forenames

Andrew AWMM

Surname

Meaney AWMM

Service number

WWI 21521 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

5th March 1894

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Place of birth

Fiji

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Birth notes

Son of Andrew MEANEY

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Address before enlistment

Maungaturoto, Kaipara

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Next of kin

Andrew Meaney (father), Cheltenham Beach, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 21521 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 26 Apr 1917-28 Jul 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 82 AWMM Vessel was Pakeha AWMM Rifleman AWMM H Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Next of Kin: Mr J. Meaney, Paparoa, Kaipara (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

26 Aug 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Vaulx Hill Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM I. C. 1 AWMM

Memorial name

• Edendale Primary School War Memorial, WW1 & WW2, Sandringham Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Devonport Primary School, granite tablet, 18 Kerr Street, Devonport, Auckland AWMM
• Mount Albert War Memorial Hall, 773 New North Road, Mount Albert Auckland 1025 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Maungaturoto Congregational Church Cemetery Memorial
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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21374338
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/614585/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/614585
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  60: 19
• 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. 3: 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.
• HMNZT 82 - The Pakeha (Mark III) : being the journal of the Left Wing of the 24th New Zealand Reinforcements. Burge, W.R. (William Ralph), editor. -- At sea : Officers and men, 24th Reinforcements : 1917