Forenames

Philip AWMM

Surname

Amos AWMM

Also known as

Philip Ebenezer Amos AWMM

Service number

WWI 9/1522 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāi Tahu, Māori AWMM

Religion

Presbyterian

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Birth

29 May 1890 Public Source

Date of birth

29 May 1890

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Place of birth

Marble Bush, Southland, NZ

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Birth notes

son of Gavin & Elizabeth Amos

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Address before enlistment

• Unknown AWMM Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
• Whatatutu, Gisborne
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Next of kin

Mrs Elizabeth Amos (mother), Speirs Street, Aramoho, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian, Egyptian EF & Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• Otago Mounted Rifles, NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion & O.C. No2 NZ Entrenching Btn
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Service number

WWI 9/1522 AWMM

Military service

1915-1918

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Medals and Awards

• Military Medal (MM) AWMM
  Citation for Military Medal (MM): "Period 7th to 11th June 1917. This N.C.O. was in charge of the breakdown gang on forward tramlines during the Messines Offensive. Throughout his tour of duty he never hesitated to take his party into the hottest place to repair the shell holes as fast as they were made. By his courage and devotion to duty he kept the lines open to traffic and very materially assisted forward operations." (London Gazette (under name of AMES), 16 August 1917, p. 8429, Rec. No. 827) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• 1914-1915 Star
  British War Medal
  Victory Medal
  Plaque & Scroll # 500207
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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
• 23 Aug 1915 at Trentham
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Age on enlistment

25yrs

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Occupation before enlistment

Bushman

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Embarkation details

WW1 09 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo AWMM Trooper AWMM Otago Mounted Rifles AWMM 7th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Entrenching Company AWMM

Death

7 May 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium 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/R22271025
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130931.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1737207/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1737207
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 12
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.