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Ewen George Pilling

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ewen George AWMM
  • Surname
    Pilling AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 8/1601 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 December 1893 AWMM Millers Flat, Otago AWMM
    Millers Flat, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Schoolhouse, Milburn, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • S.G. Pilling (father), Milburn, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
    • S.E. Pilling (father), Milburn, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Pre 27 September 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • Messines AWMM
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 8/1601 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Parents Samuel Ewen Pilling and Mary Elizabeth Pilling, Inglis Street, Mosgiel, Otago

    Had two embarkations

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Scars on the Heart WWI " Life at Anzac" display. Display item is a quotation by Ewen Pilling. "The heat was intense. So was our thirst and we got only half a bottle of water per man per day...Great was our delight when our first drink of tea came along the trench, passed from hand to hand in a kerosene tin. It was full of tea leaves, and by the time it reached our end of the trench it was muddy from the dusty walls - but it was nectar." AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 June 1917 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM

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05 March 2023Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
28 May 2020AllanRotoruaResearcher

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