George Edward Russell

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

George Edward AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Russell AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 12/1093 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Fairfax Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs Rosina E. Russell, Fairfax Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 12/1093 AWMM

Te urunga

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

Son of James Wilson Russell and Rosina Emily Russell of Fairfax Rd, Epsom, Auckland. Also served at Gallipoli.

Attended St John's College 1904. St John's was a 19th-century boys' school in Auckland. After operating on the St John's College site in Meadowbank and later at "The Pah" in Onehunga, it officially amalgamated with King's College in 1913.

Next of Kin: Mrs R. E. Russell, Fairfax Rd, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Matenga

5 Jul 1916 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Died of wounds AWMM

Urupā

Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM II. E. 85. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Memorial roll, St Paul's Church, 25 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM
• Otahuhu Railway Workshops War Memorial, corner of Piki Thompson Way, Otahuhu Auckland 1062 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Marivare Reserve, corner of Manukau and Ranfurly Roads, Epsom, Auckland AWMM
• King's College Memorial Chapel at King's College, Otahuhu, Auckland, World War 1 Roll of Honour.
  Public - King's College Archive - Researcher - 15 May 2026 - King's College Memorial Chapel

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20808669
  Further Reference
• Marivare Reserve Memorial Archway Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/AUC204/searchmarivare.htm
  Further Reference
• St Paul’s War Memorial Tram Shelter Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/AUC194/searchstpauls.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/201409/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/201409
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 636
• King's College, Auckland. (1918). King's College, Auckland : the Great War, 1914-18. Auckland, N.Z.: The College.
• 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. 1: Includes portrait
• 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.