Francis George Whitmore

Forenames

Francis George AWMM

Surname

Whitmore AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/2155 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

19 Sept 1880 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra

Address before enlistment

WW1 Paeroa, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Cornelius Ensor Whitmore (father), Puke Road, Paeroa, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 17 Apr 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/2155 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 17 Apr 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 21 or HMNZT 22 or HMNZT 23 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 7" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  161 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 6th (Hauraki) Company AWMM

Death

28 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age  36 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22018877
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1464023/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1464023
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 775
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.