Frank Rupert Wooster

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Frank Rupert AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Wooster AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 18883 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

27 Oct 1895

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 September 2025 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210209236/frank-rupert-wooster

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of John & Jeannie Frances WOOSTER

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 September 2025 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210209236/frank-rupert-wooster

Uri kiritahi

John Wooster (father), Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 26 Jul 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 18883 AWMM

Te urunga

WW1 College student/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 26 Jul 1916-03 Oct 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 59 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM 15th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

• Son of John and Jeannie Frances Wooster.
  
  Attended Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland).
  
  Next of Kin: Mr J. Wooster, Hokianga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
• Family immigrated from USA in 1902 and purchased a farm on the Orira River, Umawera, Hokianaga.
  
  Frank was the oldest son of John and Jeannie Wooster
  Public - Tammy Renee - Other Relative - 13 April 2015 - Frank was attending college to be a Teacher

Matenga

27 Jan 1919 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Died of wounds AWMM

Urupā

Orira Cemetery, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM Section 11. Block 7. Lot 7. Portion A. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Hokianga Arch of Remembrance, Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM
• Kaikohe War Memorial Hall, Memorial Drive Kaikohe Far North AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22022306
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Kohukohu First World War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/kohukohu-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Auckland University College Roll of Honour.
  http://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/roll-of-honour/search?page=1491
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643177/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643177
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  37: 6
• A.U.C. roll of honour, 1914 - 1920. MSS & Archives E-2, Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services.
• 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. 4: 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.