Basil Augustine Scanlen
Born 19 Feb 1890 - Died 13 Mar 1922
- Service number
- WWI 13/132 AWMM
- Also known as
- Basil Augustus Scanlen AWMM
- Basil Augustus AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Basil Augustine AWMM
- Surname
- Scanlen AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Basil Augustus Scanlen AWMM
- Basil Augustus AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 13/132 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Presbyterian, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 19 Feb 1890 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Pre 08 Sep 1914 AWMM Tuakau, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
- Saw milling contractor/Civilian AWMM
- Next of kin
- Douglas Scanlen (brother), Eden Street, Eden Terrace, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 13/132 AWMM
- Military service
- Pukekohe Mounted Rifles AWMM
- B Squadron 1st Auckland Mounted Rifles 3 years AWMM
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 08 Sep 1914 AWMM
Age 24 AWMM
Contractor/Civilian AWMM - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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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
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 foot 9 inches AWMM - Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
168 pounds AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Septic knee May 1915 AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Bomb wounds both legs August 1915 AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Attempted skin graft AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Large scars AWMM - Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Accidentally killed in a log hauling accident AWMM - Other, WWI AWMM
Nature of Injury: B.W. both legs Pension: 20/- Percent of disability: [Not stated] Source: New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 3 Jul 1916 AWMM
No longer physically fit on account of wounds received in action, bomb wounds both legs. AWMM
Trooper AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Basil Scanlen was the second son of Ruth Scanlen and Winslow Scanlen of Auckland.
He was badly wounded in the Dardanelles on the 6th August 1915 (Nicol 1921)
Married an Ada Langmaid?, a nurse in the British Red Cross Nursing Corps stationed in France, at the East Ham Congregational Church, London, England in September 1917. But in an affidavit of 1923 his solicitor Bruce Scott of Tuakau writes that he believes the marriage was not consummated, nor did Ada use the name Scanlen.
Name listed at Archives New Zealand as Basil Augustine Scanlen.
Present address (as listed in New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%): C/o High Commissioner, London
Next of Kin: Mrs R. Scanlen, Mars Ave, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)). Listed on the Auckland Museum Hall of Memories but did not die in active service. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 13 Mar 1922 AWMM
Age 32 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
- Accidental Death AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Tuakau Cemetery, Alexandra Redoubt Road, Tuakau, New Zealand AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- 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
- Takapuna Primary School, Anzac Street, Takapuna, Auckland AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20809927
Further Reference - Death notice: New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18040, 15 March 1922, Page 1
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19220315.2.2.3&srpos
Sources Used
- Military personnel file
- References
- Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.
- Information kindly provided by family
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 644 - New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%, compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent War Pensions, and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) Discharged and undischarged hospital patients, assessed as suffering permanent disability, but not yet in receipt of a pension at date (28-4-20). New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. NZ Times Co. (Printer).
- 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. 3: Includes portrait - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
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