Cyril William Trew Marsack
Born 29 Mar 1894 - Died 6 Jun 1917
- Service number
- WWI 25/891 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Sergeant AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, C Company AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Cyril William Trew AWMM
- Surname
- Marsack AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 25/891 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 29 Mar 1894 AWMM
- 29 Mar 1894 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Pre 12 Oct 1915 AWMM Gordon Road, Mt Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Richard Marsack (father), Terrace Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 05 Feb 1916 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 25/891 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 12 Oct 1915 AWMM
Age 21 AWMM
Clerk AWMM - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 05 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 42 or HMNZT 43 or HMNZT 44 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM 3rd Battalion, C Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 feet 6 inches AWMM - Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
9.8 stone AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Blue AWMM - Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Brown AWMM - Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, WWI AWMM
5' 6" AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
134 lb AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, C Company AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Richard and Mary Marsack of Dunedin.
He attended Auckland Grammar School.
Member of the College Rifles Rugby Football Club
"The Marsack family involvement in war spans six generations, dating from the Peninsular Wars of the early nineteenth century to post world war two disturbances in the Middle East." Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1917.
Listed at Archives New Zealand with middle name typo Frew (2013)
Embarked Wellington, 5 February 1916; disembarked Suez, 13 March 1916.
Reverted to Lance Sergeant, 25 March 1916 (excess of establishment).
Embarked Alexandria for France, 7 April 1916.
Admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, in the field, 13 July 1916 (measles), and transferred same day to No 7 General Hospital, St Omer; discharged to Details, 20 July 1916; rejoined unit, in the field, 21 July 1916.
Promoted Sergeant, 25 September 1916.
Detached to Divisional School, 4 February 1917; rejoined unit, 18 February 1917.
Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 27 March 1917 (mumps); transferred to No 7 General Hospital, St Omer, 28 March 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 14 April 1917.
Killed in action, 7 June 1917.
Commemorated on College Rifles, Rugby Union Football & Sports Club, Auckland, Roll of Honour; Auckland Grammar School War Memorial; Memorial Roll, St Paul's Church, Symonds Street, Auckland. Parents: Richard and Mary Marsack, Dunedin
Next of Kin: Mr R. Marsack, Police Dept., Dunedin (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM - Cyril was the second son of Richard and Mary Marsack, who were living in Christchurch at the time of his birth.
The quotation from the Auckland Grammar Chronicle cannot be from 1917 as it mentions both wars.Public - Robyn - Other relative - 27 July 2023 - Peter Stanes, Remembrance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour (self-published, 2018)
- Son of Richard and Mary Marsack of Dunedin.
About death
- Death
- 6 Jun 1917 AWMM
Age 23 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Berks Cemetery Extension, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM III. A. 24. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. 1917, Third term. p.18 AWMM
- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
- Memorial roll, St Paul's Church, 25 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Roll of Honour, College Rifles, Rugby Union Football & Sports Club, 33 Haast Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- College Rifles Park, 33 Haast Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Sources Used - Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10928609
Further Reference - The New Zealand Heritage List. War Memorial, Auckland Grammar School, Mountain Road, Epsom, Auckland.
http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4472
Further Reference - St Paul’s War Memorial Tram Shelter Index, Auckland Council Archives
http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/AUC194/searchstpauls.htm
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/106978/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/106978
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
- References
- Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
- Military Personnel file
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
24: 10 - Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
Obituary:1917, Third term. p.18 - NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 2: Includes portrait - 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.
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