Donald Henry Cory

Forenames

Donald Henry AWMM

Surname

Cory AWMM

Service number

• South African 5444 AWMM
• WWI 13/318 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

22 Nov 1882 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Kawhia, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

G.G. Carley, Bute Dock, Cardiff, Wales AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• South African 5444 AWMM
• WWI 13/318 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

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

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 10" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  151 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

Parents: Lilla Cory, 'Sandisplatt', The Thicket, Maidenhead, England, and the late W H Cory

Next of Kin: c/o Mr T. C. Parker, Maidenhead, Berks, Eng. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

8 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  36 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20519444
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference

References

• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 151
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• 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.