George Hamilton Dennistoun

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

George Hamilton AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Dennistoun AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

23 Sept 1884 AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

WW1 Peel Forest, South Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

WW1 George James Dennistoun (father), Peel Forest, South Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM

Pakanga

• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

• Navy AWMM
• Merchant Navy AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

• Royal Navy AWMM
  HMS Philomel / C/o Naval Operations Lake Nyassa, Africa AWMM
• HMNZS Tamaki AWMM
• Royal Navy AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

• Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) AWMM
• Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
  London Gazette 24/02/1916 AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

• Pre WW1 Midshipman/Military AWMM Royal Navy AWMM
• WW1 Lieutenant Commander/Military AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Brother of Lieutenant James Robert Dennistoun, North Irish Horse, attached Royal Flying Corps, 23 Squadron, who died 9 August 1916.

reported August 1914 - was Wanganui Collegiate Old Boy - reported as serving in Africa in September 1918 - reported as serving on Lake Nyasa June 1915 in local papers AWMM

Matenga

1977 AWMM

Tangata Ope Tauā

Hononga ki waho

• Lieutenant Commander G H Dennistoun - R.N. [Royal Navy] - Distinguished Service Order
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24183968
  Sources Used
• Navy Museum People Profile
  http://navymuseum.co.nz/worldwar1/people/captain-george-hamilton-dennistoun-dso-obe/
  Further Reference
• SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour)
  https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=1334
  Further Reference
• Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21346617
  Further Reference
• Lieutenant Commander George Hamilton Dennistoun, DSO
  Date of Birth: 23/09/1884 – Date of Death: 1977
  Public - Bryan - Researcher - 4 December 2018 - Lives of the First World War, IWM London https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/6895730

Ngā tuhinga

• Haigh, J., Polaschek, A. (Eds.). (1993). New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order. Christchurch, N.Z.: Authors.
  p.382
• Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
• Atkinson, N. (2005). Hell or high water : New Zealand merchant seafarers remember the war. HarperCollins in association with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.