Geoffrey de Bohun Devereux

Forenames

Geoffrey de Bohun AWMM

Surname

Devereux AWMM

Also known as

Deveraux AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/1190 AWMM

Gender

• Male AWMM
• Male
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Religion

Church of England

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Birth

10 Apr 1890 AWMM

Birth notes

Son of the Hon. H. De B. and Mrs. Devereux, of 72, Market Rd., One Tree Hill, Auckland. New Zealand.

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Address before enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• WW1 Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM

Next of kin

• WW1 Mrs M.P. Devereux (mother), Market Road, One Tree Hill, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• WW1 The Hon. Mrs Devereux (mother), Kundibar, Market Road, One Tree Hill, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 14 Dec 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
• Pre 09 May 1918 AWMM Unknown Marital Status AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian, Egyptian EF & Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 1st Btn Auckland Infantry Regiment
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Service number

WWI 12/1190 AWMM

Military service

1914-1918

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Medals and Awards

• Military Cross (MC) AWMM
  London Gazette, 26 November 1917, p12322, Citation, London Gazette, 6 April 1918, p4240: AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• (MC) Military Cross: Awarded Nov 1917
  (MC) Military Cross: Awarded Mar 1918: for acts of gallantry in the field. For conspicuous gallantry & devotion, though he ? - all his Company Officers early in the advance, he directed the attachment of his Company in a most able manner and captured all his objectives. He did excellent work in securing the captured position and sent in most valuable reports. He set his company a splendid example of courage and this success was largely due to his efforts
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• 1914-1915 Star
  British War Medal
  Victory Medal
  Plaque & Scroll # 503292
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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Clerk AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 14 Dec 1914 AWMM
  HMNZT 13 or HMNZT 14 or HMNZT 15 AWMM Vessel was Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 2nd Reinforcements AWMM
• WW1 09 May 1918-24 Jun 1918 AWMM
  HMNZT 103 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Major/Military AWMM 37th Reinforcements, B Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM
• WW1 4th Cavalry Reserve Regiment AWMM British Expeditionary Force AWMM
  3rd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Major/Military AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

Geoffrey Devereux embarked a second time for war on 9 May 1918. He held the rank of Major.

Member of the College Rifles Rugby Football Club

Attended Auckland Grammar School.

Name incorrectly spelled as Deveraux on the Memorial plaque, Auckland Garrison Officers Club

SuppNom: Ex 2nd Reinforcements.

Next of Kin: Mrs M. P. Devereaux, Epsom, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

1 Oct 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

• Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Third Term, 1918. AWMM
• The many friends of Major Geoffrey de Bohun Devereux will be grieved to hear of his death. He was killed in action on the Ist October. Major Devereux left New Zealand with the 2nd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, and was in Egypt, landed in Gallipoli, and saw service in France, where he won the Military Cross. He came out to New Zealand on furlough not many months ago, and then returned to England. Major Devereux was the third son of the Hon. H. de B. Devereux, who also lost a son, Rodney, in the Boer war.
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Memorial name

• Memorial plaque, Auckland Garrison Officers Club, St Mary's Church (part of Holy Trinity Cathedral ), corner St Stephens Avenue & Parnell Road, Auckland, 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
• Marivare Reserve, corner of Manukau and Ranfurly Roads, Epsom, Auckland AWMM
• College Rifles Park, 33 Haast Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20996835
  Further Reference
• Marivare Reserve Memorial Archway Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/AUC204/searchmarivare.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/336734/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/336734
  Further Reference
• Wikidata Entity
  http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q75969497
  Further Reference
• Original Paper Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7879852/
  Further Reference
• Last Will and Testament
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21444793/
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24184828/
  Further Reference
• Captain Geoffrey De Bohun Devereux - Military Cross
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24184828
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

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.
• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 186
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  82: 8
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  1915, Second term. pp.33-34.
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  1918, Third term. pp.11-12.
• 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. 1: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press.