Henry Carswell

Forenames

Henry AWMM

Surname

Carswell AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/2237 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

12 September 1894

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Place of birth

Gisborne, NZ

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Birth notes

Son of James & Elizabeth Jane CARSWELL

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Ngaruawahia, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

James Carswell (father), River Road, Ngaruawahia, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 17 Apr 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/2237 AWMM

Military service

New Zealand, 4th Auckland Infantry Battalion

Public - Rachel Fae - Other Relative - 26 April 2015 - New Zealand Army WWI Nominal Rolls, 1914-1918

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Age on enlistment

21yrs (born July 1894, in Wairoa, NZ)

Public - Rachel Fae - Other Relative - 26 April 2015 - New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950

Embarkation details

WW1 17 Apr 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 21 or HMNZT 22 or HMNZT 23 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM

Henry Carswell wsa the son of Mr & Mrs James Carswell, of Gordonton, Waikato.

Private Carswell was killed on 7 August (recorded as 8 August) in the charge at the Pinnacle during the August Offensive. He was reported missing on the 8 August 1915.

Private Carswell's brother, 13/2283 Sergeant John Carswell, Auckland Mounted Rifles, also served in WWI.

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

Death

8 Aug 1915 AWMM

Age at death

20yrs

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Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial
Eceabat İlçesi, Çanakkale, Türkiye

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Memorial reference

PLOT: Panel 10

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Memorial name

• Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
• Te Aroha First World War Memorial, Kenrick Street, Te Aroha. 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/R21892639
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/679819/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/679819
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 114
• Stowers, R. (2005). Bloody Gallipoli: the New Zealanders' story. Auckland, N.Z.: David Bateman.
• 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. 1: 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.