Ben Hirst

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Ben AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Hirst AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 2/1793 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

1893 AWMM
New Zealand AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Remuera Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs Marion Hirst (mother), Remuera Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 2/1793 AWMM

Te urunga

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 13 Jun 1915-24 Jul 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 24 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Gunner/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Pleurisy AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Gunner/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM

Son of Marion Violet Hirst and Frank Martin Hirst.

Brother and sister served in WW1: Ethel Marion Hirst and Ben Hirst (2/1793).

Attended Auckland Grammar School.

Next of Kin: Mrs M. Hirst, Upland Rd, Remuera (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Matenga

4 May 1918 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Died of Disease AWMM

Pānui Matenga

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Second Term, 1919. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
• Howick and Pakuranga War Memorial, Stockade Hill, Howick, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Howick Roll of Honour AWMM
• St. Aidans Church, 5 Ascot Avenue, Remuera, Auckland 1050 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18048321
  Further Reference
• The New Zealand Heritage List. War Memorial, Auckland Grammar School, Mountain Road, Epsom, Auckland.
  http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4472
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage Howick & Pakuranga War Memorial
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/howick-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Howick Roll of Honour Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/HBC003/searchhowick.htm
  Further Reference
• World War I Roll of Honour for the Ōrākei Local Board area. Auckland Council. Retrieved October 2017.
  https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/about-auckland-council/how-auckland-council-works/local-boards/all-local-boards/orakei-local-board/Documents/world-war-roll-honour.pdf
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/57471/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/57471
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• HMNZT 24. Maunganuian : one of the many unofficial journals of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces. (1915). At sea: Fifth Reinforcements. Printe by W.F. Forster and Co., Albany.
• Included in the World War I Digital Roll of Honour for the Ōrākei Local Board area. The Ōrākei Local Board commissioned a World War I roll of honour for its area to commemorate the war’s centenary. The board welcomes additional information from the public on this project.
• Military Personnel file
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 332
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  1919, Second term. p.14.
• 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
• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.