William Charles Falconer
I whānau mai i te 24 Sept 1893 - I mate atu i te 8 Aug 1915
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 10/777 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- William Charles AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Falconer AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- WWI 10/777 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
- Presbyterian, Christian AWMM
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 24 Sept 1893 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- 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
- Unknown AWMM Eltham, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- L. Falconer, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 10/777 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
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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
- WW1 Unknown 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 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 7 or HMNZT 10 AWMM Vessel was Arawa or Limerick AWMM Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body 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
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, WWI AWMM
5' 11" AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
154 lb AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Private AWMM
Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Son of Mr and Mrs L. Falconer, Riwaka, Nelson, New Zealand.
Private Falconer was reported as receiving the first messages in the battle between the Sydney and the Emden in November 1914 when he was on wireless duty on HMNT Arawa. An account appeared in the Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, 16 December 1914, Page 5. AWMM - "On our ship the 'Arawa' there was a young chap called Bill Faulkner (should read Falconer). He used to work in the Post Office at Eltham (Taranaki). He was on on-duty - (because) the wireless officer was asleep - and he (William Falconer) got this message from Cocos Island : the Emden (German Battle Cruiser) had shelled the wireless station (at Cocos Island). So he (William Falconer) woke up the wireless-operator and he (the wireless operator) got in touch with the Minotaur - our Flagship - and they dispatched the (Australian Navy Battle Ship) Sydney. They (Emden and Sydney) had this battle on Cocos Island).
The Sydney had gone over there (Cocos Island). She had got too close to start with. The Emden got a couple of shots into her (Sydney) and she (Sydney) quickly put an end to the Emden and the Emden beached herself to save herself".Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 5 February 2019 - Account by two New Zealand soldiers - Private Jack Moller (Wellington Infantry Battalion) and Private Harvey Johns who were both aboard 'Arawa' when the distress signal - sent from the Cocos Island Wireless Station - was picked up by relief wireless operator Private William Falconer. : As told in publication 'An Awfully Big Adventure' : Author Jane Tolerton : Penguin Books (2013) : Page 41. - Private William Charles Falconer was the brother of Private Lake Falconer - who was born in New Zealand but served with the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF). Private Lake Falconer was killed in action - on 9 August 1915 - at Gallipoli - one day after William was killed in action (8 August 1915) - also at Gallipoli. Refer to Military File of Private Lake Falconer - National Archives of Australia.Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 18 December 2016 - Military file of Private Lake Falconer (AIF Regimental # 623; 2nd Battalion; AIF) : National Archives of Australia : Item ref : B2455 - Falconer L.
- Son of Mr and Mrs L. Falconer, Riwaka, Nelson, New Zealand.
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 8 Aug 1915 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
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
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- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
- Eltham War MemorialPublic - Peter - Researcher - 21 October 2017 - NZ History war memorial images on-line
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21001844
Further Reference - At Sea. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, 16 December 1914, Page 5
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=HNS19141216.2.32.8
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/679939/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/679939
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- Ngā tuhinga
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 221 - NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- 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 - 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.
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