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George Riley

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917. This may be of a different soldier, George Thomas Riley, who was a cheesemaker from Mahoe near Stratford, Taranaki. He, however, is not recorded in an official record as having died during the war. - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917. This may be of a different soldier, George Thomas Riley, who wa …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    George AWMM
  • Surname
    Riley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    George Riley AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 25317 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss Claudia Riley (sister), care of G. Lovell, Kapuni, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 25317 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 Farmer/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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Mrs J. Whittington (formerly Riley), of Cheal Road, Ngaere, Taranaki. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    31 July 1917 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium 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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  • I am hi great niece and have loved finding out about George so I can share with family.
    Public - Janice Beverley - Other Relative - 10 March 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      34: 18 AWMM
    • The kit-bag : the unofficial record of the following units of the Fourteenth Reinforcements on board the "Maunganui", Troopship 56. Printed by Cape Times : Cape Town. 1916. 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
    • 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. 5: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Ross, Hugh Leslie. Letter to mother, 1917. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-98-106. AWMM

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16 March 2023Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
10 March 2015Janice BeverleyOtakiOther Relative

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