William Oliver Ennis

I whānau mai i te 1871 - I mate atu i te Feb 1926

Nama Hōia: WWI 16/582 AWMM
Ingoa kārangaranga: —
Te Ope o Tū / te peka: Army AWMM
1st NZ Maori Contingent; Otago Inf Regt; 28th Aust Inf; NZ Maori Pioneers Btn
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Te tūnga whakamutunga: Inter War Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
Pakanga: World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

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William Oliver Ennis — The Pioneer Māori Battalion returns to Auckland on the Westmoreland. Lieutenant-Colonel W. O. Ennis, D.S.O., of Invercargill, who had command of the returning Maori Pioneer Battalion, and the Maori chaplain, Rev. H. Wainohu, photographed aboard the Westmoreland. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, 10 April 1919, p.34. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections SDR-19190410-34-01 No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Pakanga: World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
Kauhanga riri: Egyptian - Gallipoli, Egyptian EF & Western European
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Te Ope o Tū / te peka: Army AWMM
1st NZ Maori Contingent; Otago Inf Regt; 28th Aust Inf; NZ Maori Pioneers Btn
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Nama Hōia: WWI 16/582 AWMM
Urunga ki te ope taua: Volunteer service with Southland Hussars, 1890s. AWMM
Adjutant of South Island Railway Battalion, 1913. AWMM
South Island Railway Battalion AWMM
NZ Pioneer (Maori) Battalion, D Company AWMM
1914-1919; & 1921-1926 with the NZ Territorials
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Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga: —

Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua

Mētara me ngā Tohu: Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
DSO: London Gazette, 1 January 1918. Citation: "For distinguished service in the field [in France and Flanders]." AWMM
1914-1915 Star AWMM
British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
Victory Medal with oak leaf AWMM
Jubilee Medal 1897 AWMM
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
London Gazette 28 December 1917, p13575 AWMM

Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu

Whakangungu ope taua: 6yrs Southland Mounted Rifles; 2yrs Railway Battalion
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Branch Trade Proficiency: —
Te urunga: WW1 22 Nov 1914 AWMM Railwayman/Civilian AWMM
14 Dec 1914 at Avondale
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Pakeke i te whakaurunga: 39yrs 6mths
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Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka: —

Te maha o ngā ekenga waka

Taipitopito ekenga waka: WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Captain/Military AWMM Headquarters Staff AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Whakapapa hauora

Tuhinga hauora: Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Accidental death AWMM
1915 wounded at Gallipoli; Mar 1918 Bronchitis
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Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana

Te tūnga whakamutunga: Inter War 19 May 1919 AWMM
end of war AWMM
Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga: —

Te matenga

Matenga: Feb 1926 AWMM
Age 55 AWMM
Rā i mate ai: 12 Feb 1926
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Pakeke i te matenga: —
Wāhi Mate: Huia Private Hospital, Auckland
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Te momo matenga: Accidental Death AWMM
Tuhipoka mō te matenga: William Oliver (Olliver) Ennis died in the Huia Private Hospital, Auckland, after being injured in a vehicle accident.
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Urupā: —
Ingoa o te urupā: Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, NZ
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Tohutoro kōhatu urupā: Block 39; Plot 51
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Pānui Matenga: MR. W. 0. ENNIS. The death of Mr. William Oliver Ennis, which occurred late on Saturday afternoon, as a result of a motor accident, removes a most popular officer of the Railway Department. Mr. Ennis was 55 years of age and joined the Railway Department at Invergargill 40 years ago to-day. He was station master in several parts of the South Island, and later was traffic manager at Christchurch. About I8 months ago ha was appointed staff superintendent for New Zealand, with headquarters at Wellington. Mr Ennis has served on various commissions in connection with departmental affairs. He was also at one time treasurer and vice president of the New Zealand Railway Officers Institute.
During the war he served at Gallipoli and in France, leaving New Zealand as Captain Adjutant of the Pioneer Battalion. He was wounded at Gallipoli, and gassed in France. He was awarded the D.S.0., with a bar, and reached the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. In I897 Mr. Ennis was a member of the New Zealand Jubilee contingent sent to England to take part in the jubilee of Queen Victoria. In his younger days Mr. Ennis played Rugby football for Southland, and was stroke of the railway rowing four at Invercargill, where he was born. Mr. Ennis was on a visit to Auckland inquiring into a staff reorganisation scheme, and was accompanied by his wife. There are two sons. Mr Eric Ennis, surveyor of Christchurch. and Mr Douglas Ennis of the electrical department of that city
Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 March 2016 - Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 38, 15 February 1926, Page 10
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William Oliver Ennis

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