George Wenzlick

Forenames

George AWMM

Surname

Wenzlick AWMM

Also known as

George Wenzlick AWMM

Service number

WWI 56494 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1883

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Birth notes

Son of Gregory John & Mary WENZLICK

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Next of kin

Mrs G. Wenzlick (mother), Tapu, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 56494 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 21 Nov 1917-07 Jan 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 96 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 32nd Reinforcements, F Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment AWMM

George Wenzlick was the son of Mrs. Mary Wenzlick, of Tapu, Thames, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mrs M. Wenzlick, Tapu, Thames (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

3 Sept 1918 AWMM
Age  35 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Beaumetz Crossroads Cemetery, Beaumetz-Les-Cambrai, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM C. 31. AWMM

Memorial name

• Coromandel Roll of Honour 1914-1918 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/R22017863
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/267308/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/267308
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  75: 42
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• Soldiers' pie : being the unofficial journal of the C,D,E & F Coys. Artillery, Specialists N.Z.E. (Tunnellers) N.Z.M.C. of the 32nd Reinforcements. [1918]. London, England: R. Clay and sons, Ltd.