Ralph Barry Lake Somers

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Ralph Barry Lake AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Somers AWMM

Nama Hōia

• WWI 44995 AWMM
• WWI 44955 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Uri kiritahi

R.L. Somers (father), Te Aroha, New Zealand AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

• WWI 44995 AWMM
• WWI 44955 AWMM

Te urunga

WW1 Unknown AWMM Law Clerk/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 22 Nov 1917-07 Jan 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 95 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 32nd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Unknown AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 6th (Hauraki) Company AWMM

Ralph Somers was the son of Mr. and Mrs. R.I. Somers, of Te Aroha, New Zealand.

Serial Number is recorded as 44995 in Nominal Rolls, as 44955 in Archives New Zealand and CWGC.

Attended Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland).

Next of Kin: Mr R. L. Somers, Te Aroha, Piako (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Matenga

30 Sept 1918 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Died of wounds AWMM

Urupā

Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery, Nord, France AWMM Special Memorial 5. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Te Aroha First World War Memorial, Kenrick Street, Te Aroha. AWMM
• Hamilton Memorial Park, Memorial Drive, Hamilton East, 3216 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7819836
  Further Reference
• Auckland University College Roll of Honour.
  http://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/roll-of-honour/search?page=1265
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  75: 25
• A.U.C. roll of honour, 1914 - 1920. MSS & Archives E-2, Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.