Angelo William Thomas Gill
Born 18 Dec 1896 - Died 7 Jun 1917
- Service number
- WWI 30795 AWMM
- Also known as
- Angelo William Thos AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
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- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Angelo William Thomas AWMM
- Surname
- Gill AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Angelo William Thos AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 30795 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 18 Dec 1896 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
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- Address before enlistment
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- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- T.R.W. Gill (father), Ascot Avenue, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
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Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Messines AWMM
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 30795 AWMM
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Military decorations
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Training and Enlistment
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 07 Dec 1916-18 Feb 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 71 AWMM Vessel was Port Lyttelton AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM 20th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
- Weight, WWI AWMM
148 lb AWMM
Last known rank
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Biographical information
- Son of T R W and Edith Gill of Auckland
Attended St John's College 1911-12, and King's College 1913-14
Captain of Otahuhu Football Club. Won several medals for shooting.
New Zealand at the Front (a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division) 1917 issue, page141.
Embarked Wellington, 7 December 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 18 February 1917, and marched in to Sling Camp, and reverted to the ranks.
Proceeded overseas to France, 14 March 1917; marched in to Base Depot, Etaples, 17 March 1917.
Admitted to Segregation Camp, attached to Base Depot, Etaples, 28 March 1917.
Joined 2nd Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, in the field, 2 June 1917.
Reported missing, 7 June 1917.
Court of Enquiry concluded 'Missing and wounded; believed Killed in action'.
Parents: T. R. W. and Edith Gill, Auckland. Captain of Otahuhu Football Club. Won several medals for shooting
Next of Kin: Mr T. R. W. Gill, Green Lane, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 7 Jun 1917 AWMM
- Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Howick and Pakuranga War Memorial, Stockade Hill, Howick, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Howick Roll of Honour AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- King's College Memorial Chapel at King's College, Otahuhu, Auckland, World War 1 Roll of Honour.Public - King's College Archive - Researcher - 14 May 2026 - King's College Memorial Chapel
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Ministry for Culture and Heritage Howick & Pakuranga War Memorial
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/howick-first-world-war-memorial
Further Reference - Howick Roll of Honour Index, Auckland Council Archives
http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/HBC003/searchhowick.htm
Further Reference - World War I Roll of Honour for the Ōrākei Local Board area. Auckland Council. Retrieved October 2017.
https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/about-auckland-council/how-auckland-council-works/local-boards/all-local-boards/orakei-local-board/Documents/world-war-roll-honour.pdf
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/444718/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/444718
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Ministry for Culture and Heritage Howick & Pakuranga War Memorial
- References
- Included in the World War I Digital Roll of Honour for the Ōrākei Local Board area. The Ōrākei Local Board commissioned a World War I roll of honour for its area to commemorate the war’s centenary. The board welcomes additional information from the public on this project.
- NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- 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.
- New Zealand at the Front a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division (1917). London : Cassell.
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