Forenames

William Frederick AWMM

Surname

Maine AWMM

Service number

WWI 35119 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

18 Jun 1894 AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs L.J. Maine (mother), care of Mrs Moore, Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 35119 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Dairy farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 30 Dec 1916-03 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 72 AWMM Vessel was Athenic AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM Reinforcements, G Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 16th (Waikato) Company AWMM

William Maine was the son of William and Louisa Jane Maine, of Cameron St., Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr W. Maine, Cameron St., Whangarei (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

4 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10927817
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/847903/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/847903
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Museum Profile
  https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/3370
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
• Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  49: 12
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.