Walter Richard Costar
Born 8 Dec 1894 - Died 9 Dec 1917
- Service number
- WWI 2/2600 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Gunner/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Walter Richard AWMM
- Surname
- Costar AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 2/2600 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 8 Dec 1894 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
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- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- M.A. Costar (father), Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
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Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 2/2600 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Military Medal (MM) AWMM
For bravery in the field. London Gazette 28 January 1918, p1405. AWMM - Victory Medal AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Military Medal (MM) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Electrician/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 08 Jan 1916-08 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 37 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Gunner/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery, 9th Reinforcements AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Gunner/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Matoaka Atlantic and Sarah Caroline Costar of Karaka, New Zealand
Remembered on the Papakura - Karaka War Memorial
COSTAR, Walter R, Fitter, died of wounds, was the second son of Mr & Mrs M A Costar of Karaka. He was educated at the Manurewa school where he won a scholarship. He then entered the Seddon Memorial Technical College where he studied electrical engineering and while at the college he passed the Civil Service examination. He was in the employ of A & T Burt Ltd as an electrician when he enlisted in the 9th Reinforcements and was made fitter with the 14th and later with the 11th Battery of the NZ Field Artillery. He was twice wounded. Fitter Costar was awarded the Military Medal for repairing a gun under heavy shell fire and for rescuing a comrade whose gun had been blown to pieces. At the time of his death he was on the list of commissioned officers waiting to be transferred to another unit. Auckland Weekly News, 7 February 1918 p.19
Next of Kin: Mr M. A. Costar, Papakura, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 9 Dec 1917 AWMM
Age 24 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XXVII D 18A AWMM
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Papakura - Karaka War Memorial, Great South Road, Papakura, New Zealand AWMM
- Memorial, Selwyn Chapel at Christ Church (Anglican), 40 Coles Crescent, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Memorial Stone, Selwyn Chapel at Christ Church (Anglican), 40 Coles Crescent, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Karaka War Memorial Hall, 319 Linwood Rd, Karaka 2580 AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Karaka War Memorial Hall, 319 Linwood Road, Karaka 2580 AWMM
- Manurewa War Memorial, Great South Road, Manurewa AWMM
Related objects
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21897762
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/433108/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/433108
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- 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. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
21: 33 - 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 - 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.
- Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
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