Ernest Oliver Stayte

Forenames

Ernest Oliver AWMM

Surname

Stayte AWMM

Service number

WWI 24/291 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Pukekohe, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Eliza Stayte (mother), Riverton, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 24/291 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 09 Oct 1915-22 Nov 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 31 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti AWMM Rifleman AWMM A Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Son of Mrs. Eliza Stayte, of 35, Cook St., Hamilton East, New Zealand.

Remembered at Pukekohe Intermediate School, with Memorial stones & loving memory roses.

Next of Kin: c/o Mrs J. G. Hunter, Hamilton, Waikato (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

11 Jan 1918 AWMM
Age  31 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
• Pukekohe Intermediate School, WW1, Memorial stones & loving memory roses AWMM
• 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/R7820829
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Pukekohe school First World War memorial
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/pukekohe-school-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1737522/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1737522
  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.
  Vol1: 688
• Franklin county news
  Alexander, E. (2 March 2006). Memorial Stones ceremony organised.
• Miller, R. (compiler). (2012). Pukekohe's memorial stones. Auckland, N.Z.: Franklin Historical Society.
• 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
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 31 - Tahiti Magazine. [1915]. [Troops on board H.M.N.Z.T. No. 31, Tahiti] [On board ship].