Forenames

William Henry AWMM

Surname

Cunningham AWMM

Also known as

William Herbert AWMM

Service number

• WWI 10/1085 AWMM
• WWII 28084 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Anglican, Christian AWMM

Birth

24 Sept 1883 AWMM

Address before enlistment

• Pre 05 Aug 1914 AWMM No. 3 Line, Wanganui East, New Zealand AWMM
• 2 North Terrace, Kelburn, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Mrs E. Brown (mother), Eastown Road, Wanganui East, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs G.W. Cunningham (wife), Eastown Road, Wanganui East, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 10/1085 AWMM
• WWII 28084 AWMM

Military service

• Wellington Regiment, 2 Battalion AWMM
• Hawke's Bay Regiment, 1 Battalion AWMM
• 8 NZ Infantry Brigade AWMM
• 8th N.Z. Infantry Brigade AWMM
• B Force, 8th Brigade, New Zealand 3rd Division AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) AWMM
• Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
  DSO: London Gazette, 1 January 1917. Citation: "For distinguished services in the field [in France and Flanders]." AWMM
• Volunteer Officer's Decoration (VD) AWMM
• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• Defence Medal AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 with oak leaf AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
• King George V Silver Jubilee Medal 1935 AWMM
• Coronation Medal ER 1953 AWMM
• Colonial Auxiliary Forces Decoration AWMM
• Efficiency Decoration (ED) AWMM
• Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal AWMM
• New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal AWMM
• New Zealand Territorial Service Medal AWMM
• Order of St Stanislas (Third Class) (Russia) AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Four Times AWMM
  London Gazette 28 January 1916, p1210 | London Gazette 13 July 1916, p6956 | London Gazette 4 January 1917, p261 | London Gazette 31 December 1918, p15231, Rec No 2765 : In connection with the operations described in General I. Hamilton’s despatch AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 05 Aug 1914 AWMM Solicitor and Barrister/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
  HMNZT 7 or HMNZT 10 AWMM Vessel was Arawa or Limerick AWMM Major/Military AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM
• WW2 Colonel/Military AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Wounded at Gallipoli. AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
  Invalided to NZ, March 1942 AWMM

Last rank

WW2 Major General/Military AWMM
New Zealand Forces AWMM

Death

20 Apr 1959 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20546323
  Further Reference
• NZC15 Lovegrove Papers. The Road to Chunuk Bair: Wanganui & the Great war. A digitised diary mentions Cunningham
  http://www.wanganuilibrary.com/ww1/
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24055592
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24097235
  Further Reference
• Wikidata Entity
  http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q19933181
  Further Reference
• Letter, 23 Feb 1916
  http://tapuhi.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/spydus/FULL/GLOBAL/OPHDR/227/76948,57
  Public - Victoria - Researcher - 12 September 2015 - Alexander Turnbull Library<br />MS-Papers-4192

References

• Haigh, J., Polaschek, A. (Eds.). (1993). New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order. Christchurch, N.Z.: Authors.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 168
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 109
• 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
• 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.
• Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171)
• Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171)
• Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• 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.