John Harcourt Armitage

Forenames

John Harcourt AWMM

Surname

Armitage AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/3541 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs A.E. Armitage (mother), 25 Stanley Street, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/3541 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 08 Jan 1916-08 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 37 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Sergeant AWMM 9th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

John Armitage was the son of John and Annie Armitage, of Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand.

Attended Auckland Grammar School.

Next of Kin: Mr J. Armitage, Mt Albert (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

17 Sept 1916 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. 1916. AWMM

Memorial name

• Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM
• Devonport War Memorial, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Devonport Primary School, granite tablet, 18 Kerr Street, Devonport, Auckland AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22271589
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage Devonport War memorial
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/devonport-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Devonport War Memorial Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/DBC859/searchdevonport.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1462839/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1462839
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  21: 13
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1916, Third term. p.15
• 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
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• HMNZT 37. Quinn's Post. New Zealand troopship magazine. As transport no. 37 the "Maunganui" carried the 9th Reinforcements, departing New Zealand 8 January 1916 and arriving Suez 8 February 1916. O.C. Troops was Capt. W.T. Joll and Ship's Master Capt. L. Worrall.
• 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.