George Woodward Hovell

Title

Private

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Forenames

George Woodward AWMM

Surname

Hovell AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/556 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

28 Jan 1895 Public Source

Date of birth

• Note: headstone states 18 years old but declared aged on military personnel files is 20
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• 28 Jan 1895
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Place of birth

Coromandel, NZ

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Birth notes

Son of Charles Woodward and Mary Hovell, of Coromandel

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Coromandel, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

C.W. Hovell, J.P., Kennedy's Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian - Gallipoli

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 1st NZ Maori Contingent
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Service number

WWI 16/556 AWMM

Military service

• 6th Hauraki Regiment. Left to join Maori Contingent
  Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 7 May 2016 - Military personnel file; Archives New Zealand; http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13325117
• Jan 1915-Oct 1915
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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Plaque & Scroll # 506194

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM
• 28 Jan 1915 at Avondale
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Age on enlistment

20yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM A Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM

Son of Charles W and Mary Hovell of Coromandel

Next of Kin: Mr C. W. Hovell, Kennedy Bay, Coromandel (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

20 Oct 1915 AWMM
Age  18 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery, London, England AWMM 52. 33511 D. AWMM

Memorial name

Kennedy Bay, Rakairoa Marae Memorial

Public - Stephen Richard - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - The memorial is at the Marae, unveiled 11 November 2015, in memory of those from the Bay who served in WW1.

Memorial name

• Coromandel Roll of Honour 1914-1918 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18050196
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130635.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/381701/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/381701
  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: 344
• 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
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• 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.