William Montgomery Gosset

Forenames

William Montgomery AWMM

Surname

Gosset AWMM

Service number

• South African 8555 AWMM
• WWII 60576 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

16 Dec 1890 AWMM

Date of birth

15 Dec 1876

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Birth notes

Son of William Montgomery & Ada GOSSET of Christchurch

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Birkenhead, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• William Gosset (father), Birkenhead, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Lizzie Gosset (wife), C.P.O., Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 09 May 1918 AWMM Single AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
• 1915 William M GOSSET married Elizabeth ROBERTS in Morrinsville (
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War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• South Africa AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• South African 8555 AWMM
• WWII 60576 AWMM

Enlistment

• South Africa Unknown AWMM Mill hand/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Unknown AWMM Drainer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• South Africa Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM A Squadron AWMM 10th Contingent AWMM
• WW1 09 May 1918-24 Jun 1918 AWMM
  HMNZT 103 AWMM Private AWMM 29th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Other, WWI AWMM
Tattoo AWMM

Father was named William Gosset. AWMM

Death

30 Sept 1972 AWMM

Age at death

95yrs

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Place of death

papatoetoe, Auckland

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Cemetery

• Papatoetoe Cemetery, 357 Puhinui Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM RETUR-B-635 AWMM
• Papatoetoe Old Cemetery AWMM

Grave reference

RSA Plot 0635

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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16787518
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20548089
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20520399
  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

References

• Stowers, R. (2002). Rough Riders at War: history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer war 1899-1902 and information on all members of the ten New Zealand contingents. Author: Hamilton, N.Z.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  82: 23
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.