Robert Nicoll Morpeth

Forenames

Robert Nicoll AWMM

Surname

Morpeth AWMM

Also known as

Nick AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/295 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

27 Sept 1891 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Pre 1910 AWMM Queen's Hotel, Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Post war occupation

Bank manager/Civilian AWMM

Next of kin

• WW1 H.D. Morpeth (father), Waihi, New Zealand AWMM
• WW1 H.D. Morpeth (father), Waihi, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

• Regular Military Service AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/295 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Military Medal (MM) AWMM
  MM. 1916 AWMM
• Military Cross (MC) AWMM
  London Gazette 01/01/1917 AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

• Pre WW1 1910 AWMM Unknown/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 1914 AWMM Banker/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
  HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM
• WW1 08 Jan 1916-08 Feb 1916 AWMM
  HMNZT 37 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 9th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Other, WWI AWMM
Nature of Injury: Loss left leg Pension: 32/- Percent of disability: [Not stated] Source: New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM

Last rank

WW1 1 Jul 1917 AWMM Captain/Military AWMM

Death

28 Sept 1959 AWMM
Age  67 AWMM

Cemetery

Cremated at Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Cemetery Records. Palmerston North cemetery & cremation search.
  http://www.pncc.govt.nz/ServicesAndFacilities/OnlineServices/CemeteryAndCremationSearch.aspx
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21377410
  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.
• Bank of New Zealand officers who enlisted for military service in the First World War. Research completed by Paul Hickford (2014-2017).
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 518
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  21: 13
• Morpeth, T. (2008). The "Waiheathens" at Gallipoli. Waihi, N.Z.: A.P. Morpeth. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2010-22.
  Includes portraits
• New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%, compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent War Pensions, and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) Discharged and undischarged hospital patients, assessed as suffering permanent disability, but not yet in receipt of a pension at date (28-4-20). New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. NZ Times Co. (Printer).
• 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
• Morpeth, T. (2008). The "Waiheathens" at Gallipoli. Waihi, N.Z.: A.P. Morpeth. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2010-22.
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
• 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.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.