Henry Cornwell

Forenames

Henry AWMM

Surname

Cornwell AWMM

Service number

WWI 2/1881 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

22 Apr 1882 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 157 Ponsonby Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs H. Cornwell (wife). St Heliers Bay, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 2/1881 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Carpenter/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1915-06 Aug 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 26 AWMM Vessel was Aparima AWMM Gunner/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Driver/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery, 1st Battery AWMM

Henry Cornwell was the son of John and Hannah Cornwell, of 53 Hepburn St., Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Kate Mary Cornwell, of 3 Roslyn Terrace, Devonport, Auckland. Native of England. They had three children, Martha Jane Frances, Thomas Henry, Richard Morrow.

Next of Kin: Mrs M. Cornwell, Devonport, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

23 Jan 1918 AWMM
Age  36 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM XXXI. F. 19. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21897661
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/498038/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/498038
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 151
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• 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.
• Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• HMNZT 26 - Oily rag : just another transport production. At sea : H.M.N.Z.T. No. 26, [1915]. No Known Copyright Restrictions.