Richard Pengelly

Forenames

Richard AWMM

Surname

Pengelly AWMM

Service number

WWI 31699 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

4 Apr 1896 AWMM

Date of birth

04/04/1897

Public - Paul - 12 April 2025 - BMD NZ 4181

Birth notes

BMD NZ 04/04/1897/4181 Richard Pengelly
Mother:Elizabeth Ann (Osborne)
Father:Richard

Public - Paul - 12 April 2025 - BMD NZ

Next of kin

Mrs E. Pengelly (mother), Woodhill, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 31699 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Fireman/Military AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 15 Nov 1916-30 Jan 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 68 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 19th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

Richard Pengelly was the son of Richard and Elizabeth Ann Pengelly, of Woodhill, North Auckland, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr R. Pengelly, Woodhill, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

2 Aug 1917 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM
• Kaipara Memorial RSA, 49 Commercial Road, Helensville, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland Railway Station, Te Taou Crescent, Auckland 1010. AWMM
• Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. 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/R20800294
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1738183/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1738183
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  45: 6
• Information kindly provided by family
• 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.