Arthur Raymon Trafford
I whānau mai i te 24 May 1894 - I mate atu i te 20 Jul 1917
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 8/2164 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Arthur Raymond AWMM
- Arthur Raymond Trafford AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 8th (Southland) CompanyPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 September 2015 - Military Record
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 8th (Southland) Company AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
- Lance CorporalPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 September 2015 - Military Record
- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Arthur Raymon AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Trafford AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Arthur Raymond AWMM
- Arthur Raymond Trafford AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 8/2164 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
- 24 May 1894 Public Source
- Rā i whānau mai ai
- 24 May 1894Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 September 2015 - Military Record
- Wāhi Whānau
- Gisborne, NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 September 2015 - Military Record
- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
- son of Arthur and Elizabeth TraffordPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 September 2015 - Military Record
- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- Unknown AWMM Matawai, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- A. Trafford (father), Matawai, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 8th (Southland) CompanyPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 September 2015 - Military Record
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 8/2164 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- 1915-1917Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 September 2015 - Military Record
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- 1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory MedalsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 September 2015 - Military record
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
- 15 February 1915 at TrenthamPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 September 2015 - Military record
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
- 20yrs 6mthsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 September 2015 - Military record
- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
- Farm Labourer on family farm at MatawaiPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 September 2015 - Military Record
Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW1 13 Jun 1915-24 Jul 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 24 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM Otago Infantry Battalion AWMM 5th Reinforcements 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
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 8th (Southland) Company AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Arthur Trafford was the son of Arthur and Elizabeth Trafford, of Matawai, Gisborne, New Zealand. Also served in Egypt and at Gallipoli.
Next of Kin: Mr A. Trafford, Matawai, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM - "Ray" Trafford's brother, Alick, kept a detailed diary in WW1. Ray is a big part of the book, "Into The Unknown", by Alick's grandson, Ian Trafford. Published by Penguin Random House NZ.
https://www.penguin.co.nz/books/into-the-unknown-9780143775126Public - Ian - Direct descendant - 13 April 2020 - Alick Traffords WW1 Diaries. - Nov 1917 - Near the top of the famous Hill 60, in Flanders, overlooking the plain where he so often marched on the soldiers' path of duty, is the grave of the grave of Lance-Corporal Ray Trafford - one among many thousands of graves of British soldiers. Letters to hand record very high appreciation of the Gisborne lad, who was well-known this district and especially at Matawai, where his relatives reside. Chaplain Burridge conducted the burial at the Chateau Rosenberg cemetery. In writing these particulars of his brother's death Private Alick Trafford of the 9ths, who, having just recovered from a wound, had got back to the firing line, states Our company, as well as his, had gone for a bath on the fateful morning; and each knew the other was there. Yet it was not destined that we should meet. He left a, message for me, which I received saying he was alright and I also sent a message to him. Ray had gone back to the trenches and commenced letter writing outside his dug-out. A shell lobbed over, fragments of which killed a sergeant and another man, and wounded an officer. Ray's death must have been instantaneously caused by the concussion for no marks could be found on his body. 'Mid' Quigley was a great pal of Ray's and they were seen frequently together. Lieutenant Gabites writes from the Western Front to Gisborne in eulogy of Ray Trafford. He was a splendid boy to have with one, because he was a good soldier and did his work well, and was always reliable. He was a valuable man with the machine Gun and to his company because. of his character and on account of his experience with his gun when in action. We came off Gallipoli together in the 5ths, and Ray was with my platoon all through Armentieres. He also came through the Somme and Messines, and it is a big blow to lose such a man: Chaplain Burridge forwards to Matawai his sincere sympathy of the officers and men of the battalion. It may, be mentioned that Lance-Corporal Trafford was in the historic landing of the 5th on GallipoliPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 January 2016 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14465, 27 November 1917, Page 3
- Held in the Tairawhiti Museum -
WRITING to his sister, Arthur Trafford talks of how, if his mate Jack has arrived, he had yet to see him. Then nothing.
The 23-year-old Matawai farm labourer had already served in Gallipoli and Egypt but, like many New Zealand soldiers, the Western Front was to be his undoing.
As he wrote to Eva on July 20, 1917 — hunkered down in Ypres, Belgium — he was hit by shellfire, the uncompleted letter coming to an abrupt halt.
Later sent on to the Trafford family by his commanding officer, the letter is one of the more poignant artefacts in World War 1: From The Collection, the Tairawhiti Museum show curated to mark 100 years since New Zealand soldiers engaged in the conflict.Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 September 2015 - Thursday, April 23, 2015 - Gisborne Herald - The object(s) of war by Kristine Walsh
- Arthur Trafford was the son of Arthur and Elizabeth Trafford, of Matawai, Gisborne, New Zealand. Also served in Egypt and at Gallipoli.
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 20 Jul 1917 AWMM
- Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
- 23yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 September 2015 - Research
- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Berks Cemetery Extension, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM II. D. 52. AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
- HONOR'S CAUSE. TRAFFORD: Killed in action, in France, on July 20th, 1917, Arthur Raymond, second son of Mr and Mrs A. Trafford, of Waioeka, Matawai. At rest. 'Duty nobly done'Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 January 2016 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14367, 4 August 1917, Page 2
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Te Karaka War Memorial
Gisborne's War MemorialPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 September 2015 - Research - Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Te Karaka War Memorial, corner of Main and Station Roads, Te Karaka, Gisborne 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/R22013086
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/107134/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/107134
Further Reference - Nearly 100 years have passed. So dear to your sister Eva, my Grandmother. You are in our thoughts esPublic - Kathryn - Other relative - 25 April 2017 - Family papers
- Military personnel file
- 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: 732 - 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. 3: Includes portrait - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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