William Arthur Ham
I whānau mai i te 14 Apr 1892 - I mate atu i te 5 Feb 1915
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 6/246 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 14 Apr 1892 AWMM
- 14 Apr 1892 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- 14 Apr 1892 AWMM
- 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
- WW1 Pre 15 Aug 1914 AWMM Pokororo, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- WW1 William E. Ham (father), Motueka, Nelson, 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
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 6/246 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- 12th Nelson Regiment AWMM
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW1 15 Aug 1914 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM
Labourer/Civilian 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
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
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 feet 10 inches AWMM - Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
10 stone 8 pounds AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Blue AWMM - Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Brown AWMM - Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, WWI AWMM
5' 10" AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
151 lb AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- William Ham was the son of William Edward Ham and Hester Hawthorne Ham (later Bartlett)
William Ham was killed when the New Zealand Infantry Brigade helped repulse a Turkish attack on the Suez Canal. According to his family he was the first New Zealand soldier killed in the First World War.
Two sons, brothers served in WW1 William Arthur Ham (6/246) the elder was killed; Thomas Henry Merrick Ham (2/3004 69164) survived and died in service in WW2.
His mother's 2nd husband, Private Cyril Montague Bartlett (33677) was also killed in WW1
War service: Egypt
Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 4 December 1914.
Wounded in action and admitted to Australian Hospital, Serepeum, 3 February 1915; died of wounds, Ismailia, 5 February 1915. AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 5 Feb 1915 AWMM
Age 22 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
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM A.113. AWMM
- 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
- Ngatimoti War Memorial, Tasman District, New Zealand AWMM
- Motueka War MemorialPublic - Peter - Researcher - 22 April 2018 - on site
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16790555
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130051.html
Further Reference - NZ War Graves Project. Image of his grave
http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/william-arthur-ham
Further Reference - The Prow website (historical and cultural stories from Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough). Feature on William Arthur Ham
http://www.theprow.org.nz/private-william-arthur-ham/%23.T-AAvI4ijww
Further Reference - Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Ngatimoti War Memorial.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/ngatimoti-war-memorial
Further Reference - Online Cenotaph Feature
http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/william-arthur-ham
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/110965/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/110965
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- Ngā tuhinga
- Information kindly provided by family
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 295 - Information kindly provided by family
Auckland Museum Armoury Resource Centre, Biographical vertical file - Service Record - 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. 1: Includes portrait
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