Arthur Hindlesmith

Forenames

Arthur AWMM

Surname

Hindlesmith AWMM

Service number

• WWI 563 AWMM
• WWI 28046 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

27 Jul 1889 AWMM

Relationship status

Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 563 AWMM
• WWI 28046 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Framer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 Trooper AWMM King Edward's Horse (The King's Oversea Dominions Regiment) AWMM British Expeditionary Force AWMM
• WW1 Wellington Infantry Regiment AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment AWMM

Arthur Hindlesmith was the husband of A. Hindlesmith, of Perry St., Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand. Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Married Doris Beard in Hornsey, North London on 6 June 1918 and left for the front the next day. Worked at Homewood Station for Mr Tatham. Source: Kete Masterton. AWMM

Death

1 Oct 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

XV. C. 1., Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18048217
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7880172
  Further Reference
• 'Personalia', New Zealand Times, 16 October 1918
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19181016.2.16
  Further Reference
• 'Items from London', Evening Post, 2 August 1918. Papers Past.
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19180802.2.88
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/290301/hindlesmith,-arthur/
  Further Reference
• King Edward's Horse', Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Edward%27s_Horse
  Further Reference
• Kind Edwards Horse Net
  http://www.kingedwardshorse.net/
  Further Reference

References

• This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the Nominal Roll on www.kingedwardshorse.net and with the research of Pou Maumahara Volunteer, Janet Anderson. Information reproduced with permission.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
• Information kindly provided by family
• Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press.