Walter Whyte
Born 31 Mar 1894 - Died 15 Sept 1918
- Service number
- WWI 20845 AWMM
- Also known as
- Walter Whyte AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Walter AWMM
- Surname
- Whyte AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Walter Whyte AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 20845 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 31 Mar 1894 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
- Son of Peter Whyte, of Taupiri (preivously of Whangamata, ThamesPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 July 2024 - NZ War Graves & Military Record
- Address before enlistment
- MaketuPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 July 2024 - Military Record
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Peter Whyte (father), Whangamata, Thames, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- singlePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 July 2024 - Military Record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 20845 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- Sling Camp, England AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 27 Jul 1916 AWMM Flax cutter/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 15 Nov 1916-29 Jan 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 69 AWMM Vessel was RMS Tahiti AWMM Private AWMM 10th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Tuberculosis peritonitis AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Peter Whyte, of Taupiri, New Zealand.
"Whyte was posted to France and based at the New Zealand training camp at Etaples. He eventually joined the Pioneer Battalion on 25 May in preparation for the successful attack on Messines on 7 June." (Church, p.171)
He stayed with the Pioneer Battalion, building dugouts, gun pits and shelters and eventually settled in the Ypres area prior to the third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) in October 1917. (Church, p.171)
In July 1918 Whyte became ill with inflammation of the peritoneum (peritonitis). He was transferred to 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst where he arrived on 19 July. He died there two months later. (Church, p.171)
Next of Kin: c/o Mrs R. H. Hopere, Native Agent, Taupiri (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 15 Sept 1918 AWMM
Age 24 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of Disease AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Hampshire, England AWMM Plot A, Row 1, Grave 19 AWMM
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- Obituary
- iN MEMORIAM.
WHYTE.—In loving memory of my dear brother, Walter, killed in action, somewhere in France on the 12th October, 1917.
Farewell, dear New Zealand,
Land of my birth, farewell
I fought the fight beneath
The, brave red, white, and blue.
Now to God above,
My spirit wings in prayer;
Farewell, my own dear land,
Tis peace for ever there.
- Inserted by his. loving sister and brother-in-law,
E. and G. Everitt, Kilbirnie.
WHYTE.—In loving memory of Cpl. Walter Whyte, killed in action somewhere in France, 12th October, 1917.
When days are dark and friends are few,
Dear Watty, here we long for you:
Friends are friends when they are true,
But, oh, those friends are very few.
- Inserted by Cpl. and Mrs. Norrics Cook, and Mrs. HaggartyPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 July 2024 - EVENING POST, VOLUME XCVI, ISSUE 90, 12 OCTOBER 1918, PAGE 1 - Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22019002
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130832.html
Further Reference - No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst
http://southernlife.org.uk/nzindex.htm
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/362624/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/362624
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
- Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
- Church, C. (2002). New Zealand graves at Brockenhurst : 93 New Zealand soldiers remembered from World War One. Hampshire, England: Author.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
45: 34 - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- Information kindly provided by family
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
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