George William Tate

Title

Lance Corporal

Public - Bruce & Rebecca - Other relative - 25 April 2018 - Military record and scroll sent to family at death in France

Forenames

George William AWMM

Surname

Tate AWMM

Also known as

Geo

Public - Bruce & Rebecca - Other relative - 25 April 2018 - Military record and scroll sent to family at death in France

Service number

• WWI 25/410 AWMM
• WWI 26/410 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 J.J. Tate (father), Fitzherbert East, Palmerston, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 25/410 AWMM
• WWI 26/410 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Wheelwright/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 05 Feb 1916-12 Mar 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 42 AWMM Rifleman AWMM 3rd Battalion, D Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion AWMM

George Tate was the son of James J. and Mary E. Tate, of Palmerston North, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

29 Jul 1918 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France AWMM II. O. 5. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7823932
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/35666/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/35666
  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.
  24: 17
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• HMNZT 42. The blast : the magazine of the Third Battalion of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. (1917). London: John Long Ltd. ; [On board ship] : [H.M.N.Z.T. No. 42, Ulimaroa]
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.