Andrew Beames McCorkindale

Forenames

Andrew Beames AWMM

Surname

McCorkindale AWMM

Service number

WWI 42689 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

14 Oct 1885 Public Source

Date of birth

14 Oct 1885

Public - David - Other relative - 26 July 2017 - Family records

Place of birth

Waitahuna, Otago, New Zealand

Public - David - Other relative - 26 July 2017 - Family records

Next of kin

• Mrs A. McCorkindale (mother), Manuka Creek, Milton, New Zealand AWMM
• Adam (Father), Catherine (Mother)
  Public - David - Other relative - 26 July 2017 - Family records

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 42689 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 26 Apr 1917-28 Jul 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 82 AWMM Vessel was Pakeha AWMM Rifleman AWMM Reinforcements J Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM

Andrew McCorkindale was the son of Mrs. A. McCorkindale, of Manuka Creek, Milton, Otago, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

12 Oct 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Langemark-Poelkapelle, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XXIX. A. 7. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10923113
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/491797/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/491797
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  60: 22
• 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
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 82 - The Pakeha (Mark III) : being the journal of the Left Wing of the 24th New Zealand Reinforcements. Burge, W.R. (William Ralph), editor. -- At sea : Officers and men, 24th Reinforcements : 1917