Walter Richard Costar
I whānau mai i te 8 Dec 1894 - I mate atu i te 9 Dec 1917
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 2/2600 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Gunner/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Walter Richard AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Costar AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- WWI 2/2600 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
- 8 Dec 1894 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
- M.A. Costar (father), Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
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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 2/2600 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
- Military Medal (MM) AWMM
For bravery in the field. London Gazette 28 January 1918, p1405. AWMM - Victory Medal AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Military Medal (MM) AWMM
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 Electrician/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 08 Jan 1916-08 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 37 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Gunner/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery, 9th Reinforcements 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
- Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Gunner/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Son of Matoaka Atlantic and Sarah Caroline Costar of Karaka, New Zealand
Remembered on the Papakura - Karaka War Memorial
COSTAR, Walter R, Fitter, died of wounds, was the second son of Mr & Mrs M A Costar of Karaka. He was educated at the Manurewa school where he won a scholarship. He then entered the Seddon Memorial Technical College where he studied electrical engineering and while at the college he passed the Civil Service examination. He was in the employ of A & T Burt Ltd as an electrician when he enlisted in the 9th Reinforcements and was made fitter with the 14th and later with the 11th Battery of the NZ Field Artillery. He was twice wounded. Fitter Costar was awarded the Military Medal for repairing a gun under heavy shell fire and for rescuing a comrade whose gun had been blown to pieces. At the time of his death he was on the list of commissioned officers waiting to be transferred to another unit. Auckland Weekly News, 7 February 1918 p.19
Next of Kin: Mr M. A. Costar, Papakura, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 9 Dec 1917 AWMM
Age 24 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
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XXVII D 18A AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Papakura - Karaka War Memorial, Great South Road, Papakura, New Zealand AWMM
- Memorial, Selwyn Chapel at Christ Church (Anglican), 40 Coles Crescent, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Memorial Stone, Selwyn Chapel at Christ Church (Anglican), 40 Coles Crescent, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Karaka War Memorial Hall, 319 Linwood Rd, Karaka 2580 AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Karaka War Memorial Hall, 319 Linwood Road, Karaka 2580 AWMM
- Manurewa War Memorial, Great South Road, Manurewa AWMM
Mea e whai hononga ai
Tangata Ope Tauā
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21897762
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/433108/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/433108
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- Ngā tuhinga
- McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
21: 33 - 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. 2: Includes portrait - The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
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