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Percy Raine

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Headstone of Lance Corporal Percy Raine (35176). Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. New Zealand War Graves Trust (BEDA9556). CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Headstone of Lance Corporal Percy Raine (35176). Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaande …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Percy AWMM
  • Surname
    Raine AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 35176 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    13 January 1896 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    13 January 1896 Public - Jenifer - Other relative - 23 November 2018 - Family
  • Place of birth
    Nelson Public - Jenifer - Other relative - 23 November 2018 - Family
  • Birth notes
    Son of Cyril N.P. Raine and his wife Alice Maude (nee Everett) - formerly of Nelson and later of Wan Public - Jenifer - Other relative - 23 November 2018 - Family
  • Address before enlistment
    Hunterville, Central North Island. Public - Jenifer - Other relative - 23 November 2018 - Family
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • C.N. Raine (father), Bank of New Zealand, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
    • Cyril Norman Raine - Bank Manager at Bank of New Zealand - Wanganui. Public - Jenifer - Other relative - 23 November 2018 - Family
  • Relationship status
    Single Public - Jenifer - Other relative - 23 November 2018 - Family

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 35176 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Banker/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    05 Oct 1917 {Age 21} AWMMDied of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of Mr. C. N. Raine, of Wanganui, New Zealand.

      Text of the Memorial plaque, Bank of New Zealand Arcade, Wellington, New Zealand: 'In Memoriam: The names inscribed upon this tablet are those of officers of the Bank of New Zealand who laid down their lives in the Great War AD 1914-1919 waged against the nations of central Europe - Germany, Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria - who sought by force of arms to obtain world-wide dominion. In honour of their patriotism and valour. In admiration of their sacrifice. And in grateful perpetuation of their glorious and ennobling memory this monument is reverently dedicated. Their Name Liveth for Evermore.'

      Bank of New Zealand Staff Member. AWMM
    • Born Nelson.

      Son of Cyril N. Raine and his wife Alice Maude (nee Everett) of Nelson - and later of Wanganui.
      Brother of 2nd Lieutenant Harvey (Harry) Raine : NZEF # 3/618 - served New Zealand Medical Corps 1915-1919.
      Also brother of Thomas & Armonel Raine.
      Grand-son of twice Mayor of Nelson - and Nelson Hotels & Draper business- man Edward Everett (1820-1904) and his wife Hannah Maria Everett (1826-1900).
      Educated at Nelson College.

      Percy was working at the Bank of New Zealand - at Hunterville, Central North Island - at enlistment.
      Enlisted 29 August 1916.

      Percy dis-embarked from his troop ship - 18 February 1917 - at Devonport, England.
      Marched into NZEF Training Camp - at Codford, England.
      At Codford Percy joined the 3rd Battalion of the Auckland Infantry Battalion.
      16 April 1917 - Admitted - sick with Influenza - to New Zealand General Hospital at Codford.

      On 20 August 1917 Percy left England for active war service at France & Belgium.

      On 14 September 1917 Percy joined the 2nd Battalion of the Auckland Infantry Regiment - in the field - at Belgium.

      On 4 October 1917 Percy was posted missing - believed wounded in the field - at Passchendaele, Belgium.
      The same day he was found by stretcher bearers of the New Zealand Medical Corps.
      Also on the same day Percy was admitted to the No 3 (New Zealand) Field Ambulance - in the field - at Passchendaele, Belgium.
      From there - also on 4 October 1917 - Percy was admitted to the 44th Casualty Clearing Station - with gun shot wounds to both knees.

      The following day 5 October 1917 Percy died of wounds received in action - 4 October 1917 - at the 44th Casualty Clearing Station.
      At his death Percy Raine was 21 years of age.

      Percy Raine is remembered at his birth place of Nelson - with his brother 2nd Lieutenant Harvey (Harry) Raine - on the World War 1 'Wall of Remembrance' at Founders Park, Nelson City - which commemorates the 3600+ Nelson & Districts born service men and women who served in World War 1. Public - Jenifer - Other relative - 23 November 2018 - Family and Military File.
    • Percy Raine is remembered on both the Hunterville Cenotaph and the Flag of Remembrance which is displayed in the Hunterville RSA Hall. The flag was hand embroidered by the ladies of the district circa 1919. Percy is remembered each ANZAC Day, where a cross in his name is displayed for two weeks over the ANZAC period, in the Lawn of Remembrance alongside all those from the Hunterville area who gave their lives in the service of New Zealand. "LEST WE FORGET" Public - David Christopher - Researcher - 1 March 2019 - This information is courtesy of the Hunterville RSA, in memory of 35176 L/Corp. Percy Raine.
      "WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 October 1917 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM III. D. 3 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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    • Memorial plaque, Bank of New Zealand (Officers of the BNZ who laid down their lives in the Great War AD 1914-1919), BNZ Arcade, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Hunterville War Memorial, Hunterville, Rangitikei, New Zealand Public - Paul - Researcher - 17 April 2022 - Paul Hickford, "They Marched to War", 2019, p.145.

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Sources

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  • References
    • Bank of New Zealand officers who enlisted for military service in the First World War. Research completed by Paul Hickford (2014-2017). AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      47: 11 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. 2: Includes portrait AWMM
    • NZWGT: Information supplied by the New Zealand War Graves Trust as part of the New Zealand War Graves project. This project was established in 2006 to record in text and photographs the 31,758 New Zealanders who have been identifed as serving with New Zealand or Allied forces, and who died in conflicts from the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) up to the present day and in peacekeeping operations. AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
17 April 2022PaulAuckland, New ZealandResearcher
03 September 2019JeniferWairarapaOther relative
01 March 2019David ChristopherHuntervilleResearcher

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