George William Nias

Forenames

George William AWMM

Surname

Nias AWMM

Service number

• 171 AWMM
• 4718 AWMM
• 8273 AWMM
• 30631 AWMM
• WWI 30631 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

4 Feb 1879 AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs S. Nias (mother), care of Mrs Vause, Tinakori Road, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• 171 AWMM
• 4718 AWMM
• 8273 AWMM
• 30631 AWMM
• WWI 30631 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Storeman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 07 Dec 1916-18 Feb 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 71 AWMM Vessel was Port Lyttelton AWMM Private AWMM 20th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion AWMM

Son of George Elmes Nias and Sarah his wife, of 46, Sussex St., Wellington. Native of Nelson.

George Nias is commemorated the bell Bellevue given by his mother for the National War Memorial Carillon, Wellington.

His father was named George Edward Nias. AWMM

Death

4 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  38 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
• National War Memorial Carillon, 41 Buckle Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file 1899 - 1902
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20522495
  Further Reference
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21380304
  Further Reference
• Ministry of Culture and Heritage. The National War Memorial, The Carillon, Hall of Memories, The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, National War Memorial Park, Wellington.
  http://www.mch.govt.nz/nz-identity-heritage/national-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Archives NZ: W5515|42|4189
  http://archives.govt.nz/research/guides/war
  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.
  47: 6
• Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.