Hereward Langdale Wake

Forenames

Hereward Langdale AWMM

Surname

Wake AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/2347 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

10th August 1894

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Place of birth

London, England

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Birth notes

Son of Charles Hereward and Rose Alice WAKE, of Pukekoke, Auckland

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Land and Survey, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Charles Hereward Wake (father), Pukekohe, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 10/2347 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1915-24 Jul 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 24 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment AWMM

Son of Charles Hereward Wake and Rose Alice Wake, of Pukekoke.

Attended Pukekohe Intermediate School and Auckland Grammar.

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

Next of Kin: Dr C. H. Wake, Pukekohe, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

8 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  19 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

• Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Third Term, 1919. AWMM
• Corporal H. L. Wake, late of the local Land and Survey Department, who was previously reported wounded, is now reported believed to be dead, as the result of a court of enquiry. Corporal Wake, who left Gisborne with the Fifth Reinforcements, was a son of Dr Wake, of Waikato.
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 June 2023 - POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLIII, ISSUE 13904, 29 JANUARY 1916, PAGE 6
• Private H. L. Wake, of the staff of the local Survey Department, is reported wounded. lie is a native of the Waikato district, and had been in Gisborne about a year before enlisting. He enlisted' with the Fifth Reinforcements, and was well known as a good! all-round sport.
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 June 2023 - GISBORNE TIMES, VOLUME XLV, ISSUE 4035, 15 SEPTEMBER 1915, PAGE 5

Memorial name

• Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey 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/R22021165
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Historic Places Trust Register: Auckland Grammar War Memorial
  http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=4472
  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/680485/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/680485
  Further Reference

References

• HMNZT 24. Maunganuian : one of the many unofficial journals of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces. (1915). At sea: Fifth Reinforcements. Printe by W.F. Forster and Co., Albany.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 748
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  1919, Third term. p.11.
• Franklin county news
  Alexander, E. (2 March 2006). Memorial Stones ceremony organised. Franklin County News.
• Miller, R. (Ed.). (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. 2: Includes portrait
• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.