James McNeece
I whānau mai i te 18 Feb 1882 - I mate atu i te 21 Jun 1917
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 27561 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Private AWMM Otago Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- James AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- McNeece AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- WWI 27561 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 18 Feb 1882 Public Source
- 18 Feb 1884 Personnel file
- Rā i whānau mai ai
- 18 Feb 1884Public - Yvonne - 3 February 2015 - Family Papers
- Wāhi Whānau
- Invercargill, Southland, South Island, New ZealandPublic - Debbie - Researcher - 19 May 2021 - New Zealand Birth Registration Number: (reg. 1886/842).
- Invercargill, New ZealandPublic - Yvonne - 3 February 2015 - Family Papers
- Invercargill, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
- New Zealand Birth Registration Number: (reg. 1886/842).Public - Debbie - Researcher - 19 May 2021 - New Zealand Births, Deaths and Marriages Online.
- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- James McNeece (father), Collingwood, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
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Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 27561 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
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Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW1 23 Sep 1916-19 Nov 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 65 AWMM Vessel was Pakeha AWMM Private AWMM 17th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Private AWMM
Otago Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Son of James and Edith McNeece, of Waikiwi, Invercargill, New Zealand. Date of birth in Personnel file is listed at 18 February 1884.
All Black in 1913-14 AWMM - Mr and Mrs McNeece, of Collingwood, recently received the following characteristic letter written by their son, Private Jim McNeece, whose death was recently recorded. The letter was written by him whilst lying wounded in hospital to, as he said, “make sure that his fate was known to his parents.” This letter was handed to the nurse to send if he died, and was written four days after he received his wounds. ‘I have landed a fairly good smack and my temperature is 102, so there are lots of chances for me to pass out this time. Well I might say I faced everything without a shudder, and it was a bit of bad luck I got this. It might have been worse. Our officer told me to get into his dug-out and have a few minutes’ sleep. I forgot to tell you this was after we advanced on Messines. It’s wonderful how a single soul got through. Well, I had a couple of hours, so got up to relieve him on our gun. It was a trench mortar; and I had not straightened myself when a shell burst over my head. It stunned me I can tell you, and my cobbers sent me to the dressing station. That was four days ago, and they have to wait a couple for the rays to develop. l am as happy as a king, and if I do pass out of this world you will know I am sure of good hopes for the next. I received Holy Communion the day we went over the bags, and also attended Mam twice that day and once the day before. So I hope when, if you do receive this, you will not cut up over me, as I reckon I did my bit. It was wonderful to see such a crowd of men walking along amid shells and bullets by the million. The Huns got chopped up by our lot (N.Z.), but I hear they gave the Australians a bad reception. I do not know of any chap of my acquaintance getting a smack, and it was hard me getting it after gaining our objective and digging ourselves in. So I will say good-bye, and be brave, as I am more than cheerful and have got over my pain.” The letter concludes with affectionate remembrances .to parents, sister, and brothers, and kind regards to friends.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 May 2024 - A SOLDIER'S LAST LETTER
SOUTHLAND TIMES, ISSUE 17781, 5 OCTOBER 1917, PAGE 2
- Son of James and Edith McNeece, of Waikiwi, Invercargill, New Zealand. Date of birth in Personnel file is listed at 18 February 1884.
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 21 Jun 1917 AWMM
Age 34 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France AWMM P. II. G. 3B. AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
- McNEECE. —Died of wounds, in Rouen, France, on June 21, 1917, James, dearly beloved eldest son of Mr and Mrs McNeece, Collingwood; In his 34th year. "For King and Country. Deeply regretted. "Rest in Jesus."Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 May 2024 - FOR THE EMPIRE’S CAUSE.
SOUTHLAND TIMES, ISSUE 17701, 4 JULY 1917, PAGE 4 - Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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Mea e whai hononga ai
Tangata Ope Tauā
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Allblacks.com website All Blacks A to Z
http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/atoz.asp?group=A
Sources Used - Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10926857
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/27979/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/27979
Further Reference
- Allblacks.com website All Blacks A to Z
- Ngā tuhinga
- Chester, R., McMillan, N. & Palenski, R. (2005). The encyclopedia of New Zealand rugby. Auckland, N.Z.: Hodder Moa. (4th ed.)
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
41: 16 - 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 - HMNZT 65 - Pakeha : the journal of the Seventeenth Reinforcements H.M.N.Z. Transport 65 (S.S."Pakeha"). Pilling, E.G. (Ewen George), editor. McGhie, J.G. (John Gordon), editor. Bell, R.B. (Robert Brown), editor. -- At sea : Officers and men, 17th Reinforcements : 1916.
- Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.
- Reddiex, G.R. (2015). Just to let you know I’m still alive.
Wellington NZ: Grantham House PublishingPublic - Glenn - Researcher - 15 April 2019 - Postcard from the private collection of Glenn Reddiex, published in this book, page 142.
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