William Maunsell

Forenames

William AWMM

Surname

Maunsell AWMM

Also known as

William Raumanga MAUNSELL

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Service number

• WWI 16/1559 AWMM
• WWII 803266 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

1st April 1896

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Place of birth

Maunu, Whangarei

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Birth notes

Son of Robert & Mary MAUNSELL

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Address before enlistment

Otaika, Whangarei

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Post war occupation

Tractor Driver

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Next of kin

Mrs W. Daniel (mother), Kaihu, Dargaville, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

WWI - Single
WWII - Wife was Alice MAUNSELL of Whakatane

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War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 16/1559 AWMM
• WWII 803266 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 17 Aug 1918-29 Oct 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 110 AWMM Vessel was Ruahine AWMM Private AWMM 31st Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24061588
  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

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  90: 11
• 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.
• HMNZT 110 - The Ruahinean review : souvenir of transport 110. Webb, T. Clifton (Thomas Clifton), editor. Flower, E.W., editor. -- On board ship : [Magazine Staff] Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : [1918].