William George Gunn

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

William George AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Gunn AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 23/440 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM 132 Nith Street, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs Jessie Gunn (mother), Toiro Street, Balclutha, Otago, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

1918 AWMM Le Quesnoy AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 23/440 AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Military Medal (MM) AWMM
  London Gazette 16 August 1917, p8430, Rec No 899 For great courage and devotion to duty during the operations round Messines on 7th June 1917. Private Gunn, who is a Signaller, went forward with the Forward Observing Officer of the Machine Gun Group to reconnoitre and guided the gun team through an intense artillery fire to their positions. He also carried messages several times under very heavy enemy artillery fire. AWMM
• Gunn MM, William George. b. 1895. Corporal. No. 23/440. New Zealand Machine Gun Corps. New Zealand. He died in France during WWI on 5th December 1918, age 22 and is buried in Boisguillame Communal Cemetery, Extension Grave 15B, Seine-Maritime, France. Son of Jessie Sainsbury of Mornington, Dunedin, N.Z. and grandson of Hugh Gunn of Caithness, Scotland and Janet Urquhart of Kincardine, ROC, who moved to New Zealand and married there.
  
  "With the Machine Gunners in France & Palestine"- Maj J.H.Luxford 1923- The Final Battle of the War 4 -11 Nov 1918. R Sambre & Valenciennes "Fall of Quesnoy": "He died of wounds in England after the Armistice had been signed. He had been signaller from the foundation of the Corps in Egypt, first in the 3rd Coy, & then in the Otago Coy. His work had at all times been of a high order, & was often performed under heavy shell fire. He never missed a fight & in spite of the dangerous nature of his work, he had a remarkable record of reaching his Coys last day of actual fighting without a scratch."
  Public - Walter Clive - Other Relative - 27 April 2015 - "With the Machine Gunners in France & Palastine" by Maj. J.H.Luxford 1923

Te urunga

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 09 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 30 or HMNZT 31 or HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Rifleman AWMM B Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps AWMM

William Gunn was the son of Jessie Sainsbury, of Mornington, Dunedin, New Zealand. AWMM

Matenga

5 Dec 1918 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Died of wounds AWMM

Urupā

Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery Extension, Seine-Maritime, France AWMM G. 15B. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16789649
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/121673/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/121673
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• NZEF CASUALTIES — LE QUESNOY As noted in the Appendix of Dr Christopher Pugsley’s book: Le Quesnoy 1918: New Zealand’s Last Battle. This list was compiled by Richard Stowers and Herb Farrant, and added to by Christopher Pugsley. Please forward any additional names and details to the author through Oratia Media. The list covers period 1–7 November 1918 and those who died after from wounds received in this period.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 288
• 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. 3: Includes portrait
• Pugsley, C. (2018). Le Quesnoy, 1918 : New Zealand's Last Battle. Auckland, New Zealand : Oratia.
• Luxford, J. (1923). With the machine gunners in France and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 30 - The Periscope : unofficial mouthpiece of the 1st Battalion N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own) and Divisional Ammunition Column -- At sea : Officers & men of the Reinforcement : 1915