Rongo Mills
Born 20 Nov 1895 - Died 5 Apr 1918
- Service number
- WWI 47914 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 26th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C CompanyPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 April 2016 - Military Record
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Rongo AWMM
- Surname
- Mills AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 47914 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Religion
- Church of EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 April 2016 - Military record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 20 Nov 1895 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 20 Nov 1895Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 April 2016 - Military Record
- Place of birth
- Gisborne, NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 April 2016 - Military Record
- Birth notes
- son of Edward William & Pimia MillsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 April 2016 - Miltiary Record
- Address before enlistment
- Waikura Valley, Hangaroa, GisbornePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 April 2016 - Miltiary Record
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs Pimia Mills (mother), Waikura Station, Hangaroa, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- singlePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 April 2016 - Miltiary Record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Western EuropeanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 April 2016 - Military Record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 26th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C CompanyPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 April 2016 - Military Record
- Service number
- WWI 47914 AWMM
- Military service
- 1917-1918Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 April 2016 - Military Record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- British War Medal
Victory Medal
Plaque & Scroll No. 509161Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 April 2016 - Military Record
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Sheep farmer/Civilian AWMM
- 1 Mar 1917 at GisbornePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 April 2016 - Military Record
- Age on enlistment
- 21yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 April 2016 - Military Record
- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 09 Jun 1917-16 Aug 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 85 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Private AWMM 26th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force 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
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Rongo Mills was the son of Mrs. Pimia Mills, of Gisborne, New Zealand.
Next of Kin: Mrs P. Mills c/o Mr G. W. Willock, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM - Mrs Pimia Mills has received the sad advice that her son,. Rongo Mills, who left with the 26th Reinforcements, was killed in action in France, on April 5th. He was aged 21 years, and had been farming at Waerenga-O-kuri.Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 April 2016 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14587, 24 April 1918, Page 5
- His father was Edward William Mills, Pimia' maiden name was Arthur.Public - Anthony - Other relative - 18 February 2016 - Headstone of parents is at Makaraka Cemetery, Gisborne, New Zealand.
- Rongo Mills was the son of Mrs. Pimia Mills, of Gisborne, New Zealand.
About death
- Death
- 5 Apr 1918 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
- Serre Road Cemetery No 1, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM II. D. 6. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Mrs Pimia Mills, of Waikura station, has been advised of the death of her only son. Private Rongo Mills, who has been killed in action. Private Mills was only 21 years of age, and before enlisting was managing Mrs Mills' station, proving himself a most capable young man. He left with the 26th reinforcements in June last, and was serving with the infantry. Mrs. Mills has received many messages of .sympathy in her sad lossPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 26 June 2023 - ROLL Of HONOR.
POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLV, ISSUE 14593, 1 MAY 1918, PAGE 6 - Memorial name
- Gisborne's War MemorialPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 April 2016 - Research
- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21375739
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/593722/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/593722
Further Reference - Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
66: 11 - 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. 5: Includes portrait - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
- HMNZT 85. The straggler's echo : an unreliable record of the 26th Reinforcements on board H.M. Troopship. [1917]. Capetown: Cape Times Printers.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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