William Henry Bridge

Forenames

William Henry AWMM

Surname

Bridge AWMM

Also known as

Henry AWMM

Service number

WWI 31110 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

9 Jan 1897 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Pre 20 Aug 1916 AWMM Kohukohu, Hokianga, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs W.H. Bridge (mother), Koutu, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 02 Jan 1917 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 31110 AWMM

Military service

• Compulsory military training Territorials - 15th North Auckland Regiment AWMM
• Posted to B Company 5 Reserve 27 March 1917 AWMM
• New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2 Battalion, C Company, 3rd AWMM
• 15th North Auckland Regiment, Territorial Force AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 20 Aug 1916 AWMM
Age  19 AWMM
Storekeeper/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 02 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 73 AWMM Vessel was Opawa AWMM Rifleman AWMM 20th Reinforcements J Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 9 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  10 stone 7 pounds AWMM
• Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
  Dark AWMM
• Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Brown AWMM
• Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Brown AWMM
• Distinguishing marks, Unknown Period AWMM
  slight scar over right patella (knee) AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Featherston Camp 29 August 1916 Influenza AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Featherston Camp 3 October 1916 measles AWMM
• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion, C Company AWMM

Death

12 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
• Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
• Hokianga Arch of Remembrance, Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM
• Kaikohe War Memorial Hall, Memorial Drive Kaikohe Far North AWMM
• Kohukohu Town Hall, 25 Beach Road, Kohukohu, New Zealand 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/R22278927
  Further Reference
• The New Zealand Heritage List. War Memorial, Auckland Grammar School, Mountain Road, Epsom, Auckland.
  http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4472
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage - Kohukohu First World War memorial
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/kohukohu-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/847314/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/847314
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Museum Profile
  https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/696
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
• Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
• Cenotaph data entry form
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  49: 15
• 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
• Information kindly provided by family
• 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.