James Waddell
I whānau mai i te 11 Oct 1873 - I mate atu i te 18 Feb 1954
- Nama Hōia
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Inter War Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM
- Pakanga
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- James AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Waddell AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
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- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 11 Oct 1873 Public Source
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- Pre 09 Mar 1905 AWMM Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
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Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- Kauhanga riri
- Tunisia AWMM
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Somme AWMM
- Verdun AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
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- Urunga ki te ope taua
- 2nd Battalion (Duke of Wellington's) West Riding Regiment AWMM
- Régiment de Marche d'Afrique AWMM
- Regiment de Marche de la Legion etrangere AWMM
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur (France) AWMM
- Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 (France) AWMM
Croix de Guerre (France) with 7 palmes AWMM - Colonial Medal (France)
Morocco commemorative medal (France)
China expedition commemorative medal (France)Public - Olivier - 24 March 2016 - French Leonore Database
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- Pre WW1 1895 AWMM University Student/Civilian AWMM
- South Africa 25 Apr 1900 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
- Pre WW1/Regular Military Service British Expeditionary Force AWMM
- WW1
2nd Embarkation 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
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Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Inter War 1926 AWMM
Retired AWMM
Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Son of Ruth and Thomas Waddell (Source: BDM Historical Records Online)
Educated at Otago Boys High School (Source:Public source)
Husband of Blanche Prud'homme (m 1898) and later of Marguerite Fournier (m 1914); father of Jack and 2 other children (Source:Public source)
Entered the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington West Riding Regiment as 2nd Lieutenant and served in South Africa and India. Commission gazetted 25 February 1896 (Source:Public source)
Joined the French Foreign Legion in 1900 as a 2nd Lieutenant (Source:Public source)
Also served with the French Army (Source:Public source)
Headstone incorrectly counts his awards.
"A soldier from Dunedin, Commandant James Waddell, of the French Foreign Legion, was recently in London for a few days’ leave. Commandant Waddell has had a very distinguished career in the French Army, and holds the Chinese medal, obtained for work in Pekin, the Sahara medal, the Sahara clasp, and the Moroccan medal. In 1914 he was awarded the Legion of Honour for military services. He served with the French Expeditionary Forces to the Dardanelles, was mentioned in army despatches, was promoted, and received the Croix de Guerre with the palm leaf. He was wounded at Helles, and again mentioned in despatches, and received a second palm leaf. In October Commandant Waddell was fighting in the Champagne, and in July last he went to the Somme, where, with his brother members of the Legion, he took the village of Belloy-en-Santerre. He was again mentioned in despatches, and received a third palm leaf. Commandant Waddell is an ex-Cromwell boy, and is a brother of Mrs Jolly, whose husband was killed in France some time ago." (Source: PERSONAL ITEMS. Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15884, 25 April 1917, Page 7) AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 18 Feb 1954 AWMM
Age 81 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
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- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Old Levin Cemetery (Tiro Tiro Road), Corner Mako Mako and Tiro Tiro Road, Levin, New Zealand AWMM RSA Row 4 Plot 23 AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
- Old Levin Cemetery, Tiro Tiro Road, Levin, Horowhenua, NZPublic - Susan - Researcher - 25 June 2025 - Find a Grave website
- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
- Block: RSA, Row: 4, Plot: 23Public - Susan - Researcher - 25 June 2025 - Horowhenua Council website - cemetery search
- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- London Gazette.
http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/home.aspx?geotype=London
Sources Used - Wikipedia. James Waddell (French Foreign Legion).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Waddell_(French_Foreign_Legion)
Further Reference - Leask,A., NZ Herald Article
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11432103
Further Reference - Lives of the First World War
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7681423
Further Reference - PERSONAL ITEMS. Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15884, 25 April 1917, Page 7
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19170425.2.44
Further Reference
- London Gazette.
- Ngā tuhinga
- Manawatu Standard
Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1918, Third term. pp.46-49. - London Gazette
London Gazette. February 25 1896. p. 1125 - Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press.
p. 10, 183-4, 187, 189
- Manawatu Standard
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