Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Walter James AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Ballard AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 28648 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

13 Sept 1887 AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

• Probably 13 September 1873 as per UK birth certificate
  Public - Paul - Researcher - 10 December 2018 - UK General Record Office Index Entry Walter James Ballard: Sep Qtr 1873: Hitchin: Volume: 3a Page: 320
• 13 September 1887
  Public - Peter - Researcher - 13 October 2017 - Military records

Wāhi Whānau

• Hitchin, Hertfordshire, UK
  Public - Paul - Researcher - 10 December 2018 - UK General Record Office Index Entry Walter James Ballard: Sep Qtr 1873: Hitchin: Volume: 3a Page: 320
• Nelson NZ
  Public - Peter - Researcher - 13 October 2017 - Military records

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Born prior to arrival in NZ

Public - Paul - Researcher - 10 December 2018 - Walter was 9 months old on arrival in NZ according to the passenger list of the Strathnaver 1 June 1874

Uri kiritahi

J. Ballard (father), 138 Hardy Street, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 28648 AWMM

Te urunga

WW1 Unknown AWMM Fruit grower/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 11 Oct 1916-28 Dec 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 67 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Private AWMM 18th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Matenga

30 Mar 1918 AWMM
Age  40 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial, Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Spring Grove Memorial Nelson NZ
  Public - Peter - Researcher - 13 October 2017 - on site

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22275323
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1738520/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1738520
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  43: 3
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.