Frederick John Whitaker

Forenames

Frederick John AWMM

Surname

Whitaker AWMM

Service number

WWI 47537 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

17 May 1894

Public - Susan Jennifer - Researcher - 16 April 2022 - 1894/5749Whitaker Frederick John Mary EleanorThomas Frederick NZBDM

Place of birth

Christchurch, New Zealand

Public - Susan Jennifer - Researcher - 16 April 2022 - Birth registration

Next of kin

• Mrs M.E. Whitaker (mother), 78 Hull Street, Oamaru, New Zealand AWMM
• Son of Thomas Frederick and Mary Eleanor (nee Cooper) Whitaker
  Public - Susan Jennifer - Researcher - 16 April 2022 - Family history

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 47537 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Pastry cook/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 26 Apr 1917-19 Jul 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 83 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Private AWMM 25th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Otago Infantry Regiment AWMM

Death

24 Apr 1918 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France AWMM I.H.4 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22018319
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/525442/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/525442
  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.
  62: 16
• 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. 4: Includes portrait
• Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.
• HMNZT 83 - The kiwi : being the official organ of A.D.E.F. and part of J. Companies (Right Wing, 25th N.Z. Reinforcements). Carncross, C.C. (Cyril Cutten), editor. -- On board ship Cape Town : Printed and published by "The Kiwi executive" Cape Times Ltd. : [1917]