Albert Victor Waitford

Born 22 Jan 1895 - Died 3 Dec 1965

Service number: WWI 16/541 AWMM
Also known as: Waetford AWMM
Wetiwha AWMM
Albert Victor AWMM
Armed force / branch: Army AWMM
Last rank: WW1 2nd Lieutenant/Military AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
War: World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
World War II, 1939-1945
Public - Flora - Direct descendant - 14 January 2017 - Military Personnel File (WW II)

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External links: Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
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Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
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Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
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Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22021154
Further Reference
Waitford wrote an article which appeared in The Wanganui Chronicle, 21 July 1919, p8.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WC19190721.2.80.19&srpos
Further Reference
Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
Further Reference
References: New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 748
Cambridge News
Petty, M. (2013, September). Opportunity to retrace grandfather's footsteps. (UK)
Cambridge News
Petty, M. (2013, May 27). Recalling the contrast of peace and trench horrors. (UK)
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
Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.

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Albert Victor Waitford

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