David Padlie

Forenames

David AWMM

Surname

Padlie AWMM

Service number

WWI 20625 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

1 Oct 1897 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra

Birth notes

Son of David and Julia Padlie, of Kaikohe

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Next of kin

Mrs Julia Padlie (mother), Kaikohe, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 20625 AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 19 Aug 1916-24 Oct 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 61 AWMM Vessel was Aparima AWMM Private AWMM 7th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 9.5" AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Death

6 Aug 1917 AWMM
Age  18 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Underhill Farm Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM C. 26. AWMM

Obituary

That', in spite of the age limit New. Zealand youths of mettle — 19 and under — still find their way to the fighting Front. On August 6, David PADLIE, of Kaikohe, Bay of Islands, was killed in action in France at the .age of 19 years.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 September 2024 - Free Lance, Volume XVII, Issue 897, 21 September 1917, Page 22

Memorial name

• Kaikohe War Memorial Hall, Memorial Drive Kaikohe Far North AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21383279
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/445248/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/445248
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• 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.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.