William Henry Russell

Forenames

William Henry AWMM

Surname

Russell AWMM

Service number

WWI 2/2714 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Anglican, Christian AWMM

Birth

12 Feb 1880 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Pre 10 Oct 1915 AWMM Kaimata, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 William Russell (father), C/o A.E. Brown, Fortymile Bush, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 08 Jan 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 2/2714 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 10 Oct 1915 AWMM
Age  35 AWMM
Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 08 Jan 1916-08 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 37 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Gunner/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery, 9th Reinforcements AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 6 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  9.75 stone AWMM
• Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Black AWMM
• Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Brown AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Gunshot wound to left leg 5 September 1916 AWMM
• Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Driver/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM

Son of William and Jane Russell, of Lower Hutt, Wellington

Four brothers William Henry Russell 2/2714; Leonard Wilfred Russell 79844; Louis Victor Russell 2/2713 and Alfred Elwin Russell (10/3993) served in the First World War. AWMM

Death

20 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age  40 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Walton and Weybridge (Walton-on-Thames) Cemetery, Surrey, England AWMM Screen Wall. 913. AWMM

Obituary

Driver William Henry Russell, 2/2714, died at Walton Hospital on Wednesday, September 20th, from wounds received in France. He was buried at Walton, at 2.30 p.m. on Friday, in the Walton Cemetery. All the men from the hospital who could walk attended the funeral. The New Zealand band from Codford played the Dead March" and the "Funeral March," and the Last Post was sounded at the grave. There were many wreaths." (Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F., 29 September 1916, p. 57) AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20808837
  Further Reference
• Mount Felix Hospital later No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital, Mount Felix, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-Effo-t1-body-d6-d3.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/402088/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/402088
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  21: 35
• Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F.: Records of Matters Concerning the Troops and Gazette of Patriotic Effort [London, England] : New Zealand War Contingent Association, [1916-1919]
  Obituary: Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F., 29 September 1916, p. 57.
• 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
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.