George Henry Webbe Tobin

Title

Private

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Forenames

George Henry Webbe AWMM

Surname

Tobin AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/3846 AWMM

Gender

• Male AWMM
• Male
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Religion

Church of England

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Birth

30 Apr 1885 Public Source

Date of birth

30 April 1885

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Place of birth

Awanui North, NZ

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Birth notes

son of William Henry John & Laura TOBIN

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Address before enlistment

Tauranga

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Next of kin

Mrs W.H.J. Tobin (mother), Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian, Egyptian EF & Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• Auckland Regiment, 2 Battalion
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Service number

WWI 12/3846 AWMM

Military service

1915-1916

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Medals and Awards

British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 518186

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Driver/Military AWMM
• 21 Oct 1915 at Trentham
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Age on enlistment

30yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 04 Mar 1916-08 Apr 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 47 or HMNZT 48 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Tofua AWMM Private AWMM 10th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

• Next of Kin: Mrs W. H. J. Tobin, Tauranga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
• TOKOMARU FARMERS' COMPANY - mention in the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Tokomaru Farmers' Co-operative Company Ltd - Whilst Seven have been wounded, we have to report with regret that; George Tobin, William Ettles, and Sam Carlyon have made the supreme sacrifice.
  Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 January 2016 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14386, 27 August 1917, Page 6

Death

15 Sept 1916 AWMM

Age at death

31yrs

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Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Death notes

Killed in the Battle of Somme, France

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Cemetery

Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM

Grave reference

IV. H. 4.

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Memorial name

Tokomaru Bay War Memorial

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Memorial name

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/R22016304
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/554086/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/554086
  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.
  26: 9
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.