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Robert Mawhinney

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R Mawhinney portrait in suit. Studio photograph Paterson Coy, Hamilton - No known copyright restrictions

R Mawhinney portrait in suit. Studio photograph Paterson Coy, Hamilton - No known copyright restrict …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Mawhinney AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 23/498 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 December 1892 AWMM Hamilton, Waikato AWMM
    Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 28 May 1915 AWMM Te Kiri, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    William Mawhinney (father), Whatawhata, via Frankton Junction, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 9 October 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 7 inches AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Grey AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      10 stone 7 pounds AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Dark brown AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      Fair AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Reported missing believed wounded France/ Belgium 15 September 1916 AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Admitted to CCS in field 16 September 1916 AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Sent to hospitals in England including No. 3 General Hospital Brockenhurst AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Back to France January 1917 AWMM
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Robert Mawhinney was the son of William and Annie Mawhinney, of Whata Whata, New Zealand.

    Killed at Messines

    Listed as L-Corporal R Mawhinney on the Te Kiri war memorial AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    20 June 1917 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM Plot III A9 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Te Kiri war memorial, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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