George Edmund Drower

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

George Edmund AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Drower AWMM

Nama Hōia

• 9055 AWMM
• 11/239 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

21 December 1882

Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 22 April 2016 - Archway portal via Archives New Zealand website; Military personnel file; https://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20519878&digital=yes

Wāhi Whānau

Auckland, New Zealand

Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 22 April 2016 - Archway portal via Archives New Zealand website; Military personnel file; https://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20519878&digital=yes

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Drower, of St. Helen's Bay, Auckland.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/george-edmund-drower

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

• Unknown AWMM Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
• c/- L D NATHAN & CO, Gisborne
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 May 2023 - Military Record

Uri kiritahi

Mrs Drower (mother), Sunnyside Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

• 9055 AWMM
• 11/239 AWMM

Te urunga

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka

Warehouseman

Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 22 April 2016 - Archway portal via Archives New Zealand website; Military personnel file; https://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20519878&digital=yes

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 6 AWMM Vessel was Orari AWMM Sergeant AWMM Wellington Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Sergeant AWMM
Wellington Mounted Rifles AWMM

• Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Drower, of St. Helen's Bay, Auckland.
  
  Father was named George Buckland Drower.
  
  Next of Kin: Mr N. Drower, Ridgeway St, Wanganui (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
• George's brothers, Mark Linden Drower (c1890-1970) and Norman Drower (1886-1979), also served in the First World War.
  Public - Paul - Researcher - 21 April 2022 - Military Personnel Files

Matenga

30 May 1915 AWMM

Pakeke i te matenga

33

Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 22 April 2016 - Archway portal via Archives New Zealand website; Military personnel file; https://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20519878&digital=yes

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Pānui Matenga

Trooper G. E. Drower, killed in action, was a member of the Gisborne draft of Mounted Rifles who left with the Main Expeditionary Force. He was a Corporal in the A Squadron, and was promoted to the rank of Troop Sergeant. He was a son of Mr and Mrs G. B. Drower of Sunnyside road, Mt. Eden, Auckland, and was a brother of Mr N. Drower of the Gisborne Hardware Co.'s staff, Sergeant Drower was employed by .Messrs L. D. Nathan and Co., having joined that firm in Auckland. He was transferred to the Gisborne branch, where he remained for five or six years, up to the time he enrolled. He was 32 years of age, and had served three years in No. 1 Native Rifles, Auckland also with the 8th and 10th South African Contingents, for which he received the King's medal and two bars.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 May 2023 - POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLII, ISSUE 13712, 16 JUNE 1915, PAGE 3

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Family plot memorial; Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand

Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 22 April 2016 - Personal visit

Tohutoro maumaharatanga

ANGLICAN DIVISION B Row 7, Plot 61

Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 22 April 2016 - Waikumete cemetery database via Auckland Council website; http://waitakere.govt.nz/cnlser/cm/cemeterysearch/cemeterydetails.aspx?id=79608

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM
• Mount Albert War Memorial Hall, 773 New North Road, Mount Albert Auckland 1025 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Pool of Reflections, National ANZAC Centre, Albany Heritage Park, Western Australia
  Public - Paul - Researcher - 21 April 2022 - National Anzac Centre

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20519878
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 199
• Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• 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. 5: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Hickford, Paul, They Marched to War, 2019, pp. 17 & 33.
  Public - Paul - Researcher - 27 April 2021 - Tribute to Bank of New Zealand staff and their families.