George Kimber
I whānau mai i te 2 Oct 1891 - I mate atu i te 27 Dec 1917
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 6/4080 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Regiment AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 2 Oct 1891 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
- Pre 16 Nov 1915 AWMM c/o Railway Department, Waimate, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- Frank Kimber (father), 12 College Street, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 01 Apr 1916 AWMM Single AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 6/4080 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 16 Nov 1915 AWMM
Age 24 AWMM
Railway clerk/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
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW1 01 Apr 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 49 or HMNZT 50 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 11th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force 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
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 feet 8 inches AWMM - Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
10 stone 4 pounds AWMM - Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
Medium dark AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Grey AWMM - Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Dark Brown AWMM - Other, Unknown Period AWMM
Classified as fit AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
23.12.1916 : admitted to NZ Dressing station AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
30.12.1916 : Transferred to 1st Aust. Casualty Clearance station AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
1.1.1917 : Admitted No. 2 Australian General Hospital, Wimereux AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
11.1.1917 : Admitted 1st NZ General Hospital, Brockhurst AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
9.3.1917 : Transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
19.5.1917 : Attached strength NZ Convalescent Depot, Codford AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
19.12.1917 : Wounded in action, admitted No. 3 NZ Field Ambulance; admitted No. 3 Canadian Casualty Clearance Station AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
20.12.1917 : Admitted No 7 Canadian General Hospital , AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
27.12.1917 (5.40am) : & disease -contusion (R) Buttock (R) side, sw Index finger, Pirulent Bronchitis AWMM - Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Left Alexandria for France aboard HMT Caledonia 10.5.1916
George Kimber was the son of Frank and Mary Kimber of 12 College Street, Timaru.
Death reported by Rev. W. Greener
The 3 Battalion was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel O.H. Mead. During the battle at Polygon Wood 49 soldiers of this battalion were killed. AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 27 Dec 1917 AWMM
Age 26 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
- Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM Plot XXXI Row E Grave 23A 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
- Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18057092
Further Reference - SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour)
https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=1730
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/498108/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/498108
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- Ngā tuhinga
- Information kindly provided by family
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
28: 11 - Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
- 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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