Māori Frederick Henry Needham Died 8 August 1915 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 12/2065 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 - No known copyright restrictions View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesFrederick Henry AWMM SurnameNeedham AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 12/2065 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentUnknown AWMM Woodford Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationH.W. Needham (father), Woodford Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 17 April 1915 AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 12/2065 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 Unknown AWMM AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 17 April 1915 AWMM from Wellington, New Zealand AWMMHMNZT 21 or HMNZT 22 or HMNZT 23 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 4th Reinforcements 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 Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Son of Mr and Mrs H.W. Needham of Woodford Road, Mt Eden Auckland.He left New Zealand with the 4th Reinforcements on the 17th April 1915 and was killed in action on the assault on the Heights of Sari Bair adjacent to the Chunuk Bair Ridge on the eighth of August 1915. He was aged 27.He was killed with 92 of his Regiment during this attack, all were positively identified as killed in action and the bodies left in the positions where they died. These men were not buried until the year of 1920 by the British War Graves Commission. By then none could be identified, and they were placed in individual graves with these words on the Grave Cross: "A New Zealand Soldier known unto God". He is named on the New Zealand Memorial at the summit of Chunuk Bair. This information has been supplied by an Auckland relative. AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death8 August 1915 AWMM Gallipoli, Turkey 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 nameChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM Memorial gates, Mt Eden Normal Primary School,Valley Road, Mt Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM Roll of Honour Remember Frederick Henry Needham by laying a poppy. Fred Needham Frederick Everard Needham Frederick Henry Needham Frederick Herburt Needham Frederick James Needham Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Frederick Henry Needham Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy) Library / Pictorial › manuscripts and archives MS-2016-2 Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=21379574 Further Reference A Street Near You record https://astreetnearyou.org/person/680256/- Further Reference Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/680256 Further Reference DocumentsNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM Page No: 533 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. 3: Includes portrait AWMM Information kindly provided by family AWMM Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. 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
