John Roderick Allwill

Forenames

John Roderick AWMM

Surname

Allwill AWMM

Service number

WWI 49683 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

9th September 1890

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Place of birth

Cambridge

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Birth notes

Son of Jared & Florence Mary Jane ALLWILL

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Hautapu, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

J. Allwill (father), Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 49683 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1917-19 Oct 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 87 AWMM Vessel was RMS Tahiti AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM 27th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Allwill's brother, Albert Jared Allwill, enlisted at the same time.

Next of Kin: Mr J. Allwill, Cambridge, Waikato (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

26 Aug 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Vaulx Hill Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM I. C. 4 AWMM

Memorial name

• Cambridge War Memorial, Queen Street, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Hautapu RSA Memorial 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, Leamington, Cambridge AWMM
• Cambridge Cenotaph, Victoria St, Cambridge 3434 AWMM
• Cambridge World War One War Memorials AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22270933
  Further Reference
• Cambridge Museum Roll of Honour World War 1
  http://www.cambridgemuseum.org.nz/Military/ww1/ww1roh.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/614207/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/614207
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  67: 11
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• 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.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 87. Echoes of A. Company : 27th Rfs. [1917]. London: Printed by St. Clements Press.
• HMNZT 87 Tahiti - Tales of a tub : being the story of the ways and woes of that portion of the Twenty-seventh Reinforcement on board H.M.N.Z.T. No. 87, "Tahiti" -- Capetown : Cape Times Ltd., printers : 1917