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Cenotaph record

Henry Walker

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  • Service number
    • South African 5536 AWMM
    • 5536 Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 1 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Also known as
    Henry McNeish AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
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Pte Henry McNeish-Walker with his mother Mrs Mary Walker at camp prior to leaving for South Africa

Pte. Henry McNeish-Walker # 5536

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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 1 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Walker AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Henry McNeish AWMM
  • Service number
    • South African 5536 AWMM
    • 5536 Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 1 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 November 1881 Public source Mercury Bay, Waikato Public source
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    Son of William McNeish & Mary Ann Arthur of Mercury Bay, Coromandel Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 1 July 2015 - Family Research
  • Address before enlistment
    South African Opotiki, Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Teacher at Tolaga Bay Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 1 July 2015 - Family Research
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    mother - Mrs James Walker of Tuparoa, East Coast Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 1 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Relationship status
    Single Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 1 July 2015 - Military Record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Transvaal Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 1 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • South African 5536 AWMM
    • 5536 Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 1 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Military service
    • 8th Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 1 July 2015 - Military Record
    • 1902 Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 1 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Opotiki Mounted Rifles Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 1 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • South Africa Surveyor Stowers
    • 5 Jan 1902 at Opotiki Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 1 July 2015 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    21 yrs 2 Mths Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 1 July 2015 - Military Record

Embarkations

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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
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 1 July 2015 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    29 March 1963 Stowers
    Age 82 AWMM
  • Date of death
    11 August 1963 Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 1 July 2015 - Family Research
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    New Plymouth Hospital Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 1 July 2015 - Family Research
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Karori Cemetery AWMM
  • Cemetery name
    Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 1 July 2015 - New Plymouth Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Services Area Block D Plot 238 Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 1 July 2015 - New Plymouth Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

Remember Henry Walker by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Henry Walker

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  • I enter these records for Claire Cooper, Grand daughter of Henry McNeish, with whom I made contact with in 2013 when researching our McNeish Family's History & Ancestors. She was a lovely person that I communicated with her often, until her death. She remembered and loved her Grandfather, Henry McNeish dearly. This is for you Claire, my distant cousin Lorraine
    Public - Lorraine M - Other Relative - 1 July 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers. AWMM
      p.271 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
27 August 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZOther Relative

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