William Ainslie

Forenames

William AWMM

Surname

Ainslie AWMM

Service number

WWI 4/1323 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

29 Jul 1880 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 01 Oct 1915 AWMM Mokai, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs A. Ainslie (mother), Black River, North-west Coast, Tasmania, Australia AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 18 Dec 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 4/1323 AWMM

Military training

3 Army Mine School, February 1917 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 01 Oct 1915 AWMM
Age  35 AWMM
Bushman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 Ruapehu 18 December 1915 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu AWMM Trooper AWMM Headquarters, No. 1 Relief AWMM New Zealand Engineers, Tunnelling Company AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 7.5 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  161 pounds AWMM
• Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Blue AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  18 August 1917 admitted to Field Ambulance AWMM
• Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
  gun shot wounds to back AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sapper AWMM
New Zealand Engineers, Tunnelling Company AWMM

Death

22 Sept 1917 AWMM
Age  37 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Hampshire, England AWMM Plot A, Row 1, Grave 2 AWMM

Memorial name

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/R22269574
  Further Reference
• No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst
  http://southernlife.org.uk/nzindex.htm
  Further Reference
• Headstone image, Brockenhurst. Flickr website.
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/24623852@N02/7882578046
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/362528/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/362528
  Further Reference

References

• Church, C. (2002). New Zealand graves at Brockenhurst : 93 New Zealand soldiers remembered from World War One. Hampshire, England: Author.
• Neill, J.C. (Ed.). (1922). The New Zealand Tunnelling Company, 1915-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 6
• 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. 5: Includes portrait
• 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. 5: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Annabell, N. Official History of the New Zealand Engineers during the Great War 1914–1919. Wanganui: Evans, Cobb & Sharpe, 1927.