Edward Westbrook
Born 9 Nov 1890 - Died 17 Feb 1958
- Service number
- WWI 16/1229 AWMM
- Also known as
- Edward Egerton Leigh Westbrook AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
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- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
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- Forenames
- Edward AWMM
- Surname
- Westbrook AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Edward Egerton Leigh Westbrook AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/1229 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 9 Nov 1890 AWMM
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
- Son of G. E. S. WESTBROOK of SamoaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 October 2024 - Military Record
- Address before enlistment
- Early Bank George Street, Newmarket, AucklandPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 October 2024 - Military Record
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- G.E.S. Westbrook (father), Samoa, Pacific Islands AWMM
- G.E.S. Westbrook (father), Samoa, Pacific Islands AWMM
- Relationship status
- SinglePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 October 2024 - Military Record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/1229 AWMM
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Military decorations
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Wheelwright/Civilian AWMM
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Wheelwright/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 05 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 42 or HMNZT 43 or HMNZT 44 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua AWMM Company Quartermaster Sergeant/Military AWMM Rarotongans, Attached B Company AWMM 3rd Maori Contingent AWMM - WW1 11 Oct 1916-28 Dec 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 67 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Quartermaster Sergeant AWMM 9th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
- WW1 05 Feb 1916 AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
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Last known rank
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Biographical information
- SuppNom: Ex 3rd Maori Contingent.
Father was English born George Egerton Leigh Westbrook (1860–31 January 1939) and Samoan mother Veronica Westbrook (Tuineau)
Enlisted 26 October 1915 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. His occupation was a wheelwright. Promoted to Corporal at Narrow Neck Camp and embarked for Egypt 4 February 1916 on SS Navua, arriving on 15 March 1916. Re-embarked for France 9 April 1916 and was posted to New Zealand Pioneer Battalion. He embarked in the United Kingdom on SS Arawa 14 July 1916 to return to New Zealand with the Niueans and disembark in New Zealand 4 August 1916. He reported back to duty at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 25 September 1916 and embarked on SS Tofua 14 October 1916 to disembark in Plymouth, United Kingdom 29 December 1916. He left for France 1 February 1917 and was posted to New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 28 February 1917. He was detached to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and embarked for Egypt 21 January 1918 arriving at Alexandria 4 February 1918 and then posted to the Rarotongan Company on 5 March 1918. He returned on SS Malta and was discharged in New Zealand 7 March 1919.
Served as Mayor of Aleise, Samoa from 1948. He died in Samoa 17 February 1958. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 17 Feb 1958 AWMM
Age 71 AWMM - Date of death
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- Cemetery
- Magiagi Cemetery, Apia, Samoa AWMM
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Memorial
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Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22017992
Further Reference - Other military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20551375
Further Reference - Samoan soldiers in WWI
http://samoaww1.webs.com/
Further Reference - Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
https://www.cookislandsonlinecenotaph.com/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
25: 3 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
43: 36 - Liava'a, C. (2013). Le fitafita mai Samoa = The force from Samoa : soldiers from the Samoan Islands in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Polygraphia.
- Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group.
- Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- HMNZT 67. Long Trail. (1916). On board ship:Published by the Right Wing of the 18th Reinforcements.
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