Otto Diggelman

Forenames

Otto AWMM

Surname

Diggelman AWMM

Also known as

• Diggelmann AWMM
• Kotare Otto Diggelman AWMM

Service number

WWI 59874 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Birth

7 Jun 1896 Military personnel file

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs Anna Diggelman (mother), Katikati, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Oct 1917 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 59874 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Oct 1917-08 Dec 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 94 AWMM Vessel was Arawa AWMM Private AWMM 30th Reinforcements, E Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of meningitis after being wounded in the head AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment AWMM

Otto Diggelman was the son of Albert and Anna Diggelman, and brother of Anna, Bruno, Emma, and Hermann Diggelmann (92824).

Surname spelled with both German spelling Diggelmann and also an Anglicised form, Diggelman. Appears in Hall of Memory under correct Germanic spelling.

Next of Kin: Mr A. Diggelmann, Katikati, Tauranga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

4 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Aldershot Military Cemetery, Hampshire, England AWMM AA. NZ5. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Katikati War Memorial Hall, Katikati, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
• Memorial gates, Katikati, Uretara Domain, Major Street, Katikati, Bay of Plenty AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20997231
  Further Reference
• Katikati : rural town
  http://www.katikati.co.nz/kk_text/anzac_lestwe.html
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage Katikati War memorial
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/katikati-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/359261/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/359261
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  72: 17
• 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. 3: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.