Edward Sherson
I whānau mai i te 29 Mar 1867 - I mate atu i te 30 Sept 1918
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 27812 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Edward Sherson AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Major/Military AWMM Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 29 Mar 1867 AWMM
- 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
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- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- WW1 Mrs Alice Mary Sherson (wife), 14 Hayden Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 30 Dec 1916 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM
Married, 5 children AWMM
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 27812 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
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW1 Sanitary inspector/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 30 Dec 1916-03 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 72 AWMM Vessel was Athenic AWMM Major/Military AWMM 20th Reinforcements (2nd Draft), Headquarters Staff, Officer Commanding Reinforcement Draft 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
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
at Crevecoeur AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Major/Military AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Son of William and Eliza (Elizabeth) Sherson, of Auckland; husband of Alice Mary Sherson (nee Lendrum), of 14 Hayden Street, Auckland, New Zealand.
Obituary: "Edward Sherson, N.Z.F.A., Auckland, Late Major 2nd Battalion, Auckland Regiment. N.Z.E.F., beloved husband of Alice M. Sherson. Killed in Action at Crevecoeur, Sept 30th 1918 Aged 51 years. Arthur Noel, their third son was lost at sea in the S.Y. Aurora about June 1917 aged 18 years."
"Major Sherson leaves a widow and had four sons and one daughter, the youngest son being 14 years of age and the daughter 10. The two eldest sons are serving with the artillery in France, while the third was on the Antarctic ship Aurora when that vessel disappeared in the Pacific last year. New Zealand Herald, 16 October 1918, page 8"
He was Lieutenant Colonel, New Zealand Field Artillery Brigade. Auckland, and Officer in Charge of 20th Reinforcements.
Father, Edward Sherson (27812) kia and sons Eric Gordon Sherson (17229); Hugh Sherson (66031) served in WWI.
Next of Kin: Mrs A. M. Sherson, Hayden St, Auckld (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 30 Sept 1918 AWMM
Age 51 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
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Marcoing British Cemetery, Nord, France AWMM I. E. 23. AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Memorial plaque, Auckland Garrison Officers Club, St Mary's Church (part of Holy Trinity Cathedral ), corner St Stephens Avenue & Parnell Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Family grave memorial, Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Mea e whai hononga ai
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7816684
Further Reference - Obituary: New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16982, 16 October 1918, Page 8
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19181016.2.55&srpos
Obituary - Death notice: Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 251, 21 October 1918, Page 10
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19181021.2.97&srpos
Sources Used - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/586671/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/586671
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- Ngā tuhinga
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
49: 3 - Information kindly provided by family
- 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. 5: 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.
- Map of Lens FrancePublic - April - 24 June 2015 - Given to me by Ronald Dickson
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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