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Māori

William Anniss

  • Service number
    • WWI 7441 AWMM
    • ANF1561 Public - Keith - Researcher - 21 November 2019 - ANF Engagement and Service Records 1903-1911
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Full caption reads: 'New Zealand Lads in Blue: Group of boys from the land of the Kiwi and Moa serving on board HMS [sic] Australia'.

Photograph of New Zealanders serving on HMAS Australia in 1915

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William AWMM
  • Surname
    Anniss AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 7441 AWMM
    • ANF1561 Public - Keith - Researcher - 21 November 2019 - ANF Engagement and Service Records 1903-1911
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 August 1891 AWMM Burkes Pass, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 [?], New Plymouth, Taranaki AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 7441 AWMM
    • ANF1561 Public - Keith - Researcher - 21 November 2019 - ANF Engagement and Service Records 1903-1911
  • Military service
    • HMAS Cerberus AWMM
    • HMAS Penguin AWMM
    • Royal Australian Navy Public - Keith - Researcher - 20 November 2019 - Source

      William Anniss, Discovering Anzacs

      RAN Service cards – Petty officers & men
      Series A6770, Barcode: 4264387 ANNISS WILLIAM : Service Number - 7441 :
      Date of birth - 17 Aug 1891 : Place of birth - BURKES PASS NZ
    • HMAS Australia Public - Keith - Researcher - 21 November 2019 - NZ sailors in RAN
    • Royal Navy (Australian Naval Force) Public - Keith - Researcher - 21 November 2019 - ANF Engagement and Service Records 1903-1911
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Possibly related to Edward Anniss 23/991 and Walter Anniss 21764, both of Burke's Pass, Canterbury. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • Documents
    1911 England Census of 02 April 1911,
    Royal Navy, China and East Indies, Vessels, HMS Pyramus Public - Keith - Researcher - 21 November 2019 - Census

    Class: RG14; Piece: 34972; Registration District Number: 640;

    George Brook Pulham; 19 years; Ordinary Seaman; Burkes Pass, New Zealand; C of E;

    https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/results?_page=0&sourcecategory=census%2c%20land%20%26%20surveys&collection=census&keywords=rg14pn34970%20rd640%20pyramus&datasetname=1911%20census%20for%20england%20%26%20wales&sourcecountry=great%20britain
    ANF Vessels
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