Francis James Small

Forenames

Francis James AWMM

Surname

Small AWMM

Service number

WWI 9/1137 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

• 1894 Public Source
• 16 Jul 1894 Public Source

Date of birth

• 16/07/1894
  Public - Sarah - Other relative - 19 April 2017 - Family
• 1894
  Public - Sarah - Other relative - 6 February 2017 - New Zealand birth death and marriages. ref 1894/10708

Place of birth

• Fairlie
  Public - Sarah - Other relative - 19 April 2017 - Family farm in Fairlie
• South Canterbury
  Public - Sarah - Other relative - 6 February 2017 - Family recorded in Fairlie

Birth notes

• Family records show his birth at 16/07/1894
  Public - Sarah - Other relative - 19 April 2017 - Family
• Francis was younger than what has been recorded. Birth, death and marriages confirm he was born in 1
  Public - Sarah - Other relative - 6 February 2017 - Beth deaths and marriages

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Central Fire - station, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Catherine Small (mother), Fairlie, South Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 17 Apr 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 9/1137 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 17 Apr 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 21 or HMNZT 22 or HMNZT 23 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo AWMM Trooper AWMM Otago Mounted Rifles AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Death

9 Jun 1917 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Nord, France AWMM I. F. 15. AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7818102
  Further Reference
• SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour)
  https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=2238
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/44901/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/44901
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 669
• 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. 4: Includes portrait
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.