Alexander Spencer Agnew

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Alexander Spencer AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Agnew AWMM

Nama Hōia

• 44244 AWMM
• NZ4212259 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

18 Jan 1899 RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)

Rā i whānau mai ai

18th January 1896

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Wāhi Whānau

Tolaga Bay

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Albert Peter & Charlotte Drumond AGNEW of Tolaga Bay

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Tolaga Bay

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Uri kiritahi

• Mrs C.D. Agnew (mother), Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Wife: Mrs I. L. Agnew, 38 Wainui, Gisborne AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Married/WWII AWMM
• WWI - single
  1921 Alexander Spenser AGNEW married Ida Lilian Kathleen HIGGINS
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Pakanga

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

• Army AWMM
• Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

• 44244 AWMM
• NZ4212259 AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Te urunga

Unknown AWMM Saddler AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

• WW1 05 Apr 1917-10 Jun 1917 AWMM
  HMNZT 81 AWMM Vessel was Devon AWMM Private AWMM 24th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
• WW2 Leading Aircraftman/Military AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW2 Leading Aircraftman/Military AWMM
Royal New Zealand Air Force, No. 4 Stores Depot, Te Awamutu AWMM

Son of Albert Peter and Charlotte Agnew of Tologa Bay

Husband of Ida Agnew of Kaiti

Served in New Zealand Expeditionary Force with the 2nd Wellington Infantry Battalion (1916 - 1919) (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)) AWMM

Matenga

27 Apr 1943 AWMM
Age  44 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Taruheru Cemetery, Nelson Road, Gisborne District, New Zealand AWMM 153. WW 2 Soldiers' Area. AWMM

Pānui Matenga

MR. A. S. AGNEW
The sudden, death of Mr Alexander Spencer Agnew, Wainui road, occurred on Monday. Mr Agnew was 44 years of age and was a veteran of the last war and a volunteer of the present war, He was married in Tolaga Bay, where he lived for many years and was secretary of the Tolaga Bay Waterside Workers' Union. He was. also a member of the Tolaga Returned Services’ Association. A service will be held in Cochranes chapel', William street, at 11 aim. tomorrow, after which the funeral will leave for the Soldiers Plot at the Taruheru cemetery.

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Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22269485
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2920003
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ab - B. Archives New Zealand (R17845607).
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845607
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  59: 7
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ab - B. Archives New Zealand (R17845607) - Former archives reference: AIR118
• Please note that the 11 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.