Anthony Frederick Wilding
I whānau mai i te 31 Oct 1883 - I mate atu i te 9 May 1915
- Nama Hōia
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Navy AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Captain/Military AWMM Royal Marines, Armoured Car Division AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
E pā ana ki
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Anthony Frederick AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Wilding AWMM
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- Ira tangata
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Mātātuhi
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Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 31 Oct 1883 AWMM
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
- Opawa, ChristchurchPublic - Brett - Researcher - 12 March 2015 - this is what is ststed in the bio notes say plus the cwgc states opawa
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- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
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Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Navy AWMM
- Nama Hōia
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- Urunga ki te ope taua
- Royal Navy AWMM
Royal Marines/RND/Armoured Cars AWMM - Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
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Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- Solicitor and Barrister/Civilian AWMM
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
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Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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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
- Captain/Military AWMM
Royal Marines, Armoured Car Division AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Wilding was born at Opawa, Christchurch, on 31 October 1883, the son of Frederick Wilding (1852–1945) a Christchurch lawyer, and of Julia (1852–1934), a daughter of Alderman Charles Anthony, Mayor of Hereford.
An outstanding tennis player, Wilding won Wimbledon titles: Doubles, 1907–08, 1910–11, 1914; Singles, 1910–13; Mixed Doubles, 1914, represented Australasia in the Davis Cup, won the New Zealand Championship, took these English covered-court titles: Singles; Doubles and Mixed Doubles. In addition, Wilding won the national and international titles: Scotland, 1904; Europe Doubles, 1905; Riviera, 1906, 1910; Victoria, 1909; South Africa, 1910; Brussells Exhibition, 1910; and the Olympic Bronze Medal, Stockholm, 1912.
Educated New Zealand; Trinity College, Cambridge, B.A. Called to the English Bar, Inner Temple, 1906; qualified Barrister and Solicitor of Supreme Court of New Zealand, 1909.
Shortly after the outbreak of war in 1914 he became a valued member of the Army Intelligence Corps. He was killed at Ypres on 9 May 1915.
Pre-war NZ tennis champion - won Wimbledon 1910-1913 singles - November 1914 reported as given granted a temporary commission as Hon. Second Lieutenant Royal Marines & appointed to the HMS Victory, additional, for Royal Naval Division and was to go to France - posted RNAS Armoured Cars and promoted to Captain. Was killed in action at the Battle of Aubers Ridge near Neuve Chapelle - buried at Rue-des-Berceaux Military Cemetary age 31 Was reported as 2nd Lt Royal Marines Press February 1915 AWMM - He was commissioned in the RM Divisional Train but spent most of his career attached to the Royal Naval Air Service Armoured Car Division. His work was useful to Army Intelligence.Public - Brett - Researcher - 12 March 2015 - various but check his biography 'Captain Anthony Wilding" for one
- Wilding was born at Opawa, Christchurch, on 31 October 1883, the son of Frederick Wilding (1852–1945) a Christchurch lawyer, and of Julia (1852–1934), a daughter of Alderman Charles Anthony, Mayor of Hereford.
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 9 May 1915 Te Ara
Age 31 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Wāhi Mate
- Neuve Chapelle, FrancePublic - Brett - Researcher - 12 March 2015 - bio Captain Anthong Wilding
- Te momo matenga
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Injuries sustained from a german shell (reported to have died instantly)Public - Brett - Researcher - 12 March 2015 - bio Captain Anthong Wilding
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
- Neuve Chapelle, FrancePublic - Brett - Researcher - 12 March 2015 - bio Captain Anthong Wilding
- Urupā
- Rue-des-Berceaux Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l'Avoue, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM II. D. 37. AWMM
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Maumaharatanga
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Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
http://www.cwgc.org
Sources Used - Helen Walter. 'Wilding, Anthony Frederick', from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 2-Apr-2014
http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/biographies/3w15/wilding-anthony-frederick
Sources Used - New Zealand Lawyers Roll of Honour, New Zealand Law Society website
http://www.lawsociety.org.nz/news-and-communications/people-in-the-law/obituaries/obituaries-list/anthony-frederick-wilding,-1883-1915
Further Reference - Lives of the First World War
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/7189470
Further Reference - Anzac Day: We honour our Olympians (24 April 2015).
http://www.olympic.org.nz/news/anzac-day-we-honour-our-olympians/
Further Reference - Wikipedia Entry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Wilding
Further Reference - Van Houdt, Bep. (2015). Tony Wilding: Tennis’s First Matinée Idol. Journal of Olympic History, 23(3), p. 54-56.
https://isoh.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/286.pdf
Further Reference - Olympedia. (2023). Tony Wilding.
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/80451
Further Reference - Myers, A. W. (1916). Captain Anthony Wilding.
https://archive.org/details/captainanthonywi00myeriala/captainanthonywi00myeriala/page/n7/mode/2up
Further Reference - Williamson, Madeleine, (29 July 2024). From Service to Sports. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira.
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/olympians
Further Reference - National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy. (n.d.). Roll of honour World War One.
https://navymuseum.co.nz/explore/by-themes/world-war-one/roll-of-honour/
Further Reference
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- Ngā tuhinga
- Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press.
p. 46, 47 - Information kindly provided by family
- Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press.
- Wright, G. C. (2015). For king and country : the biographies of New Zealand’s WW1 naval casualties. [Auckland] : [Gerry Wright].
- Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press.
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