Search results Next record Previous record Māori Walter Harry Meddings Born 6 April 1871 - Died 11 October 1917 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 48142 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Major/Military AWMM Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesWalter Harry AWMM SurnameMeddings AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 48142 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Report › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth6 April 1871 AWMM Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationMrs Jessie Meddings (wife), Aberdare House, Gloucester Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM Relationship status Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 48142 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 Unknown AWMM Soldier/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 14 Mar 1917-21 May 1917 AWMMHMNZT 79 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu AWMM Major/Military AWMM Headquarters Staff, Officer Commanding Reinforcement Draft AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 Major/Military AWMM Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Walter Meddings was the husband of Jessie Meddings, of 16 Holly Rd., Christchurch, New Zealand. Was a member of the New Zealand Staff Corps. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death11 October 1917 AWMM Age 46 AWMM Ypres, Belgium AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled in Action AWMM Death notes Cemetery Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameTyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM Roll of Honour Remember Walter Harry Meddings by laying a poppy. Philip Alan Meddings Robert Albert Douglas Meddings Walter Harry Meddings Williams Meddings David Meddins Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Walter Harry Meddings Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=21374376 Further Reference A Street Near You record https://astreetnearyou.org/person/847930/- Further Reference Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/847930 Further Reference DocumentsNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM 57: 3 AWMM Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Search results Next record Previous record