Forenames

Frederick William AWMM

Surname

• Mawhiney AWMM
• MAWHINNEY
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Service number

WWI 30248 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

14th December 1891

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Place of birth

Napier

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Birth notes

Son of William Hugh MAWHINEY & Edith Meehan nee' LUCAS of Dannevirke

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Address before enlistment

Motor Mechanic at Martinborough

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Next of kin

Mrs W. Mawhiney (mother), Bunnythorpe, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

1917 Frederick William MAWHINNEY married Adelaide Mary FAIRLIE of Gisborne

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 30248 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Motor Mechanic/Military AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 21 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 74 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Private AWMM 21st Reinforcements, Specialists Company, Machine-Gun Section AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps AWMM

Next of Kin: Mrs W. Mawhinney, Bunnythorpe (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

13 Oct 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM

Obituary

Word has been received locally of the death of Private Fred Mawhinney, of the 21st Specialists (Machine-gun Section), a former Gisborne resident, who is reported to have died of wounds on October 13th. Private Mawhinney was well known in Gisborne; having been a prominent cyclist and the winner of various long distance races. His wife, who is the eldest daughter of Mr Jas. Fairlie of Gisborne, is residing at Wellington, having been married just prior to her husband's departure

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Memorial name

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/R21374005
  Further Reference
• Luxford, J. (1923). With the machine gunners in France and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs. Digital copy
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-Mach.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/433239/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/433239
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Museum Profile
  https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/3422
  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. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  52: 25
• 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. 1: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Luxford, J. (1923). With the machine gunners in France and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Waitemata wobbler : N.Z. Exped. Forces, XXI Reinforcement. De La Mare, Frederick Archibald, 1877-, editor. Rowland, A.E.M. (Albert Edward MacKay), editor. Harris, E.W. (Edwin Walter), editor. -- [On board ship] : [Magazine Committee] Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : [1917].