Cecil James Cunningham Marshall
Died 24 Nov 1918
- Service number
- WWI 89710 AWMM
- Also known as
- Cecil James Cunninghan Marshall AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- Corporal/Military AWMM New Zealand Training Unit AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Cecil James Cunningham AWMM
- Surname
- Marshall AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Cecil James Cunninghan Marshall AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 89710 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Place of birth
- Cecil James Cunningham Marshall was born in Thames on 5 December 1888.Public - Sue - Researcher - 13 November 2021 - Remuera Heritage
https://remueraheritage.org.nz/story/ww1-cecil-james-cunningham-marshall-89710/ - Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
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- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs M. Marshall (wife), Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 89710 AWMM
- Military service
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Military decorations
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Training and Enlistment
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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Embarkations
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Prisoner of war
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Influenza and cerebro spinal meningitis AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Training Unit AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Cecil Marshall was the husband of Mrs. M. Marshall, late of Epsom Avenue, Auckland.
Member of the College Rifles Rugby Football Club
Listed at Archives New Zealand as Cecil James Cunninghan Marshall
Next of Kin: Mrs M. Marshall, Epsom Ave., Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM - Cecil's brother, Herbert Vincent Fowler Marshall (1894-1960) served with three units during the First World War - Canterbury Infantry Regiment, Wellington Infantry Regiment and New Zealand Engineers.Public - Paul - Researcher - 22 April 2022 - Military Personnel File
- His grandfather Rev. James Marshall M.A. was a curate at Ellerslie and examining chaplain for the Bishop of Auckland. Then he was appointed to the Parish of Ohaupo, near Cambridge, before returning to live in Upland Rd, Remuera, in 1899. Cecil’s father Leslie Marshall was a teacher and farmer before returning to Wootton Rd Remuera and then 43 Prospect Tce in Mt Eden.
Cecil attended Auckland Grammar School and was a member of the College Rifles, Rugby Union Football and Sports Club.
Cecil was employed as a cadet with the Government Insurance Department in 1906.
In 1912, he married Mildred Marshall Western, a Tasmanian. They had a son, Cecil Guy, born in Hobart, Tasmania on 19 December 1914. They moved to Auckland and at the time of Cecil’s enlistment at 30 years of age, on 14 August 1918, he was working as a Clerk, with the South British Insurance Company.Public - Sue - Researcher - 13 November 2021 - Remuera Heritage
https://remueraheritage.org.nz/story/ww1-cecil-james-cunningham-marshall-89710/
- Cecil Marshall was the husband of Mrs. M. Marshall, late of Epsom Avenue, Auckland.
About death
- Death
- 24 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age 30 AWMM - Date of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of Disease AWMM
- Death notes
- Cecil began his army training at Trentham, where he was promoted to probationary Corporal in the 53rd Reinforcements. Shortly after he was admitted to hospital for a week with tonsillitis on 24 October 1918. He was admitted to hospital again suffering from influenza (also noted as cerebrospinal meningitis) and died on 24 November 1918 aged 29. He is buried in Karori Cemetery, Wellington, D. 36.Public - Sue - Researcher - 13 November 2021 - Remuera Heritage
https://remueraheritage.org.nz/story/ww1-cecil-james-cunningham-marshall-89710/ - Cecil began his army training at Trentham, where he was promoted to probationary Corporal in the 53rd Reinforcements. Shortly after he was admitted to hospital for a week with tonsillitis on 24 October 1918. He was admitted to hospital again suffering from influenza (also noted as cerebrospinal meningitis) and died on 24 November 1918 aged 29. He is buried in Karori Cemetery, Wellington, D. 36.Public - Sue - Researcher - 13 November 2021 - Remuera Heritage
https://remueraheritage.org.nz/story/ww1-cecil-james-cunningham-marshall-89710/
- Cecil began his army training at Trentham, where he was promoted to probationary Corporal in the 53rd Reinforcements. Shortly after he was admitted to hospital for a week with tonsillitis on 24 October 1918. He was admitted to hospital again suffering from influenza (also noted as cerebrospinal meningitis) and died on 24 November 1918 aged 29. He is buried in Karori Cemetery, Wellington, D. 36.
- Cemetery
- Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM D. 36. (S). AWMM
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
- Roll of Honour, College Rifles, Rugby Union Football & Sports Club, 33 Haast Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- College Rifles Park, 33 Haast Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
Sources Used - Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10928707
Further Reference - The New Zealand Heritage List. War Memorial, Auckland Grammar School, Mountain Road, Epsom, Auckland.
http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4472
Further Reference - Soldiers' Deaths. Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 128, 26 November 1918, Page 2
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19181126.2.13&srpos
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643904/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643904
Further Reference - "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
http://web.archive.org/web/20220331095731/https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Documents/Provisional-list-NZ-victims-of-1918-Flu-Pandemic-Ancestry.pdf
Sources Used
- Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
- References
- The Evening Post
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
- Hickford, Paul, They Marched to War, 2019, pp. 17 & 156.Public - Paul - Researcher - 28 April 2021 - Tribute to Bank of New Zealand staff and their families.
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