Arthur Board

Forenames

Arthur AWMM

Surname

Board AWMM

Service number

WWI 25/487 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Anglican

Public - Grant - Direct descendant - 14 November 2018 - Family source

Date of birth

6 May 1889

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 June 2026 - Military Record

Place of birth

Tamaki, Auckland

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 June 2026 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Arthur Say & Jane BOARD

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 June 2026 - Military Record

Address before enlistment

Hangatiki, Waitomo, King Country

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 June 2026 - Military Record

Next of kin

WW1 Albert S. Board (father), Hangatiki, Waitomo Caves, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 June 2026 - Military Record

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 25/487 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 12 Feb 1916-17 Mar 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 45 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Driver/Military AWMM 3rd Battalion AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Gunner/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM

Death

26 Nov 1916 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France AWMM IV. B. 47 AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22277050
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/275791/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/275791
  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.
  23: 1
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
• 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. 5: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.