Oscar Meredith
Born 25 Sept 1885 - Died 1922
- Service number
- WWI 16/1375 AWMM
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
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- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
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- Forenames
- Oscar AWMM
- Surname
- Meredith AWMM
- Ingoa
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- WWI 16/1375 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 25 Sept 1885 AWMM
- Date of birth
- 25th September 1885Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 October 2024 - Military Record
- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
- Son of Thomas Meredith & Mele PuletuimaloPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 October 2024 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/MKJT-2M4/oscar-hammerall-meredith-1885-1922
- Son of Mr. O & Nellie MEREDITH of Apia, SamoaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 October 2024 - Military Record
- Son of Thomas Meredith & Mele Puletuimalo
- Address before enlistment
- Apia, SamoaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 October 2024 - Military Record
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- O. Meredith (father), Apia, Samoa, Pacific Islands AWMM
- Relationship status
- Oscar MEREDITH married Nellie on 2 June 1921, in Tuasivi, SamoaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 October 2024 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/MKJT-2M4/oscar-hammerall-meredith-1885-1922
- singlePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 October 2024 - Military Record
- Oscar MEREDITH married Nellie on 2 June 1921, in Tuasivi, Samoa
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/1375 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
- Posted to Pioneer Battalion; Rarotongan Company AWMM
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Training and Enlistment
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Trader/Civilian AWMM
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 06 May 1916-21 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 52 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
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- Tattoos, WWI AWMM
Last known rank
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Biographical information
- Believed to be the son of Mele Puletuimalo and Thomas Meredith.
Enlisted on arrival in New Zealand. Brother of Frank Meredith 16/1376a and as he was of mixed race, he was directed to be trained at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp. Enlisted at Trentham 5 January 1916 and followed same deployment as Frank. When in France had numerous medical admissions for the treatment of bronchitis. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and posted to it on 15 February 1918. Admitted to 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, Moascar 22 March 1918 with bronchitis and medically boarded as unfit 4 May 1918. Invalided to New Zealand 11 July 1918 HMT Port Darwin. Discharged medically unfit 20 October 1918. Died in Savaii, Samoa 1922 from an accidental self-inflicted gun injury. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 1922 AWMM
- Date of death
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- Age at death
- 36 yearsPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 October 2024 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/MKJT-2M4/oscar-hammerall-meredith-1885-1922
- Place of death
- Savai'i, SamoaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 October 2024 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/MKJT-2M4/oscar-hammerall-meredith-1885-1922
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Memorial
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Related objects
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21374724
Further Reference - Corporal Frank Roberts Comes Home’, Samoa Times, 9 March 1918
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SAMZ19180309.2.8
Further Reference - Samoan soldiers in WWI
http://samoaww1.webs.com/
Further Reference - Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
https://www.cookislandsonlinecenotaph.com/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
31: 26 - Liava'a, C. (2013). Le fitafita mai Samoa = The force from Samoa : soldiers from the Samoan Islands in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Polygraphia.
- Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group.
- Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- HMNZT 52.The bugle call of the 12th NZ Reinforcements : being the souvenir number of The Mokoia chronicle.(1916). On board ship: Published on board H.M.N.Z. Transport no. 52 "S.S. Mokoia".
- Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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