Ernest Mitchell

Forenames

Ernest AWMM

Surname

Mitchell AWMM

Also known as

Harry Mitchell AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1378 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

8 Oct 1893 AWMM

Date of birth

8th October 1893

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Place of birth

Vavau, Tonga

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Birth notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Mitchell, of Rorotonga, Cook Islands

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Next of kin

WW1 E.H. Mitchell (father), Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific Islands AWMM

Relationship status

Husband of husband of Mele Matele Mitchell), of Falcula, Samoa. She Remarried and was known as Jane Smith

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Battle of the Somme AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1378 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Overseer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 06 May 1916-21 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 52 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Private AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Son of Ernest Hamilton Mitchell, a merchant, of Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

Husband of Jane Smith (formerly Mele Matele Mitchell), of Faleula, Samoa. Native of Vava'u, Tonga. Mele died in 1973, aged 75. She was buried at Purewa Cemetery, Meadowbank, Auckland.

Attended Auckland Grammar School.

Next of Kin: Mr E. H. Mitchell, Rarotonga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

24 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers, Somme, France AWMM III.K.3. AWMM

Obituary

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. 1917. AWMM

Memorial name

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/R21376073
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130686.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/193894/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/193894
  Further Reference
• Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
  https://www.cookislandsonlinecenotaph.com/
  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.
  31: 26
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1917, Second term. p.15.
• 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
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• This record was partially compiled from information kindly provided by Bobby Nicholas, Paula Paniani and Cate Walker, Cook Islands Military History Research Project
• HMNZT 52.The bugle call of the 12th NZ Reinforcements : being the souvenir number of The Mokoia chronicle.(1916). On board ship: Published on board H.M.N.Z. Transport no. 52 "S.S. Mokoia".
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.