Francis Arthur Vickerman

Forenames

Francis Arthur AWMM

Surname

Vickerman AWMM

Service number

WWI 56113 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

E.R. Vickerman (father), 8 Station Terrace, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 56113 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Manager/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 10 Jul 1918-10 Sep 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 107 AWMM Vessel was RMS Tahiti AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM 40th Reinforcements, Specialist Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Influenza. Buried at sea. AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Acting Sergeant/Military AWMM
New Zealand Infantry AWMM

Son of Edward Robert and Emily D'Arcy Vickerman, of 8, Station Terrace, Remuera, Auckland.

Next of Kin: Mr E. R. Vickerman, Box 269, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2))

Attended Waitaki Boys' High School, Oamaru. AWMM

Death

5 Sept 1918 AWMM
Age  38 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Obituary

"Mr. E. R. Vickerman, of Station Terrace, Remuera, has received advice from the Minister of Defence that his son,Corporal Francis A. Vickerman, died at sea on September 5 from influenza.

The late soldier was educated at Hawke's Bay and at the Waitaki High School, and later entered the employ of the Loan and Mercantile Agency. From there he went to Durban, South Africa, and returning some time later joined the staff of Dalgety and Co., of this city. He was later offered an appointment as manager of the New Zealand Portland Cement Co., and was with that firm up to the time of his leaving for the front. He joined the Fortieth Reinforcements, being attached to the machine-gun section."

Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 1 September 2015 - National Library of New Zealand; Paperspast portal; Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 221, 16 September 1918, Page 2; http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=AS19180916.2.4&cl=CL2.1918.09.16&e=-------10--1----0--

Memorial name

• Auckland Provincial Memorial, Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Freemasons, Te Awamutu Lodge No. 2221 E.C., Ellerslie Masonic Centre, 9A Robert Street, Ellerslie, Auckland AWMM
• Memorial plaque, Freemasons, Te Awamutu Lodge No. 2221 E.C., Ellerslie Masonic Centre, 9A Robert Street, Ellerslie, Auckland AWMM
• St. Aidans Church, 5 Ascot Avenue, Remuera, Auckland 1050 AWMM
• Waitaki Boys' High School Roll of Honour WWI 1914-1918 AWMM
• Waitaki Boys High School Memorial, Oamaru, North Otago
  Public - SHONA - Researcher - 30 August 2018 - WBHS Memorial

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22020714
  Further Reference
• The Masonic Great War Project website
  http://www.masonicgreatwarproject.org.uk/
  Further Reference
• World War I Roll of Honour for the Ōrākei Local Board area. Auckland Council. Retrieved October 2017.
  https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/about-auckland-council/how-auckland-council-works/local-boards/all-local-boards/orakei-local-board/Documents/world-war-roll-honour.pdf
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643372/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643372
  Further Reference

References

• Included in the World War I Digital Roll of Honour for the Ōrākei Local Board area. The Ōrākei Local Board commissioned a World War I roll of honour for its area to commemorate the war’s centenary. The board welcomes additional information from the public on this project.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  86: 19
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• McDonald, K. C. (1958). A history of Waitaki Boys’ High School, 1883-1958. Christchurch [N.Z.] : Whitcombe and Tombs.