William Nevin McConnell

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

William Nevin AWMM

Ingoa whānau

McConnell AWMM

Nama Hōia

• WWI 22171 AWMM
• South African 9069 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Wāhi Whānau

Auckland

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of the late John and Catherine McConnell, of Parnell, Auckland

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/william-nevin-mcconnell

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Station-hand for Barker Bros. at Ruakituri, Gisborne

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Uri kiritahi

WW1 Mrs H.J. Whitley (sister), Bridgewater Road, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Single

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Pakanga

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

• WWI 22171 AWMM
• South African 9069 AWMM

Te urunga

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Stationhand/Civilian AWMM
• South Africa Clerk/Civilian Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Taipitopito ekenga waka

• South Africa 14 Apr 1902 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
  Drayton Grange Ministry for Culture and Heritage Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Corporal/Military Ministry for Culture and Heritage 7th Reinforcements 3rd Battalion, G Company Ministry for Culture and Heritage New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM
• WW1 21 Aug 1916-24 Oct 1916 AWMM
  HMNZT 62 AWMM Vessel was Drayton Grange AWMM Rifleman AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 10th Contingent AWMM 10 Contingent, Details AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM

William McConnell was the son of the late John and Catherine McConnell, of Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand.

His father was named John McConnell.

Next of Kin: Mrs W. B. Helford, Earn St., Invercargill (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Matenga

12 Sept 1918 AWMM
Age  40 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

• Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM IV. B. 11. AWMM
• Metz En Couture Cemetery AWMM

Pānui Matenga

Mr. Thomas McConnell, of Clifford street, has received word that his nephew Corporal W. McConnell, was killed in action on Sept. 12. Corporal McConnell left Gisborne with the Sixteenth Reinforcements after a residence in the Bay for about twelve years. He had been employed by Messrs. Mackrell and Colley and C. R. Skeet, and left town to take up a selection near Wairoa, leaving bright prospects there to "do his bit" for his country. Deceased was well Known, his obliging and kindly nature winning him many friends.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 May 2023 - POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLV, ISSUE 14719, 26 SEPTEMBER 1918, PAGE 3

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• St Mary's Cathedral Church. Parnell, Auckland 1052 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20521626
  Further Reference

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.
  38: 35
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.