William Hamilton
Born 4 Dec 1891 - Died 6 Nov 1917
- Service number
- WWI 12/3667 AWMM
- 11/3667Public - Juliana - Researcher - 5 July 2015 - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM New Zealand Machine Gun Corps AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- William AWMM
- Surname
- Hamilton AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 12/3667 AWMM
- 11/3667Public - Juliana - Researcher - 5 July 2015 - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Presbyterian, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 4 Dec 1891 Military Personnel file
- 4 Dec 1891 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
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- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- J. Hamilton (father), Junction Road, Paeroa, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
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Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 12/3667 AWMM
- 11/3667Public - Juliana - Researcher - 5 July 2015 - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Porter/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 08 Jan 1916-08 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 37 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 9th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, WWI AWMM
5' 6.5" AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
140 lb AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Disembarked Suez, 12 February 1916.
Admitted to NZ General Hospital, Cairo, 29 February 1916 (influenza); transferred to Lady Godley's Home, Zeitoun, 22 March 1916 (tonsillitis); discharged to NZ Base Depot, Ghezireh, 31 March 1916; joined 2nd Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, Moascar, 7 April 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 8 April 1916.
Attached to No 2 Company, NZ Machine Gun Corps, 1 June 1916; transferred to NZ Machine Gun Corps, 15 July 1916, and posted to No 2 Company.
Admitted No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 8 September 1916 (boils, left forearm), and transferred same day to Corps Rest Station; rejoined unit, 24 September 1916.
Found guilty, 6 February 1917, of neglect of duty, when on sentry duty failing to salute officers: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2.
Admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 24 March 1917 (diarrhoea); rejoined unit, 2 April 1917.
Appointed Lance Corporal, 20 June 1917; Temporary Corporal, 5 July 1917.
Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 30 August 1917 (sprained ankle: injury did not occur in performance of military duty; soldier not to blame), and relinquished appointment of Temporary Corporal; rejoined unit, 4 September 1917.
Appointed Temporary Corporal, 4 September 1917.
On leave to United Kingdom, 12 September 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 24 September 1917.
Wounded in action, 4 October 1917 (shrapnel wound, face, abrasions), and admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance; rejoined unit, 10 October 1917.
Appointed Temporary Corporal, 10 October 1917.
Wounded in action (second occasion), 21 October 1917 (gun shot wound, neck, and left thigh), and admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance (and relinquished appointment of Temporary Corporal); transferred same day to 44th Casualty Clearing Station; to No 11 (Harvard, USA) General Hospital, 26 October 1917; to No 18 (Chicago, USA) General Hospital, Camiers, 1 November 1917. Placed on 'dangerously ill' list, 2 November 1917.
Died of wounds, 6 November 1917.
Parents: James and Janet Hamilton. CWGC site gives Regimental Number as 11/3667.
Next of Kin: Mr J. Hamilton, Junction Rd, Paeroa (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 6 Nov 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
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland Railway Station, Te Taou Crescent, Auckland 1010. AWMM
- Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16790788
Further Reference - Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France
http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=56500&mode=1
Further Reference - Luxford, J. (1923). With the machine gunners in France and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs. Digital copy
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-Mach.html
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- 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.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
21: 15 - NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Luxford, J. (1923). With the machine gunners in France and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
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