Laurence Vincent Wendelborn
Born 27 Jul 1893 - Died 15 Nov 1918
- Service number
- 7/291 AWMM
- Also known as
- Laurence Vincent Windleborn AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 27 Jul 1893 Provisional List 1918
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Pre 15 Aug 1914 AWMM C/o J. Barry, Renwicktown, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs Lois Wendleborn (mother), Richmond, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- 7/291 AWMM
- Military service
- 10 Nelson Mounted Rifle Regiment, Territorial Forces AWMM
- New Zealand Field Artillery, 1 Battalion AWMM
- New Zealand Field Artillery, 12 Battalion AWMM
- 37 Mounted Regiment, New Zealand AWMM
- 48 Mounted Regiment, New Zealand AWMM
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 15 Aug 1914 AWMM
Age 21 AWMM
Labourer/Civilian AWMM - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 4 or HMNZT 11 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Athenic AWMM Trooper AWMM Canterbury Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 feet 8 inches AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Brown AWMM - Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Dark brown AWMM - Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
Wounded in action at Gallipoli, 6/7 August 1915 AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Admitted to hospital, 9 August 1915 AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Discharged back to base, 23 August 1915 AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Admitted to hospital, 29 September 1915 AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Discharged back to base, 12 December 1915 AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Suffered from rheumatism and swollen feet on several occasions. AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Admitted to Featherston Military Camp Hospital, 13 November 1918. AWMM - Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of broncho pneumonia following influenza AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Sixth child of Johann (John) and Lois Windleborn of Richmond, Nelson. Laurence's brother, Herman John (7/1160)
His brother, Hyam John Melveen, also enlisted but the war ended before he was sent overseas.
Transferred to 1 Battalion, New Zealand Field Artillery, 11 March 1916.
Returned to New Zealand, 9 February 1918.
Posted to Featherston Camp to train with mounted regiments.
On 5 November 1918, the NCOs of 48 Mounted Regiment went on a three-day exercise with 44 Mounted Regiment in the Wairarapa. Wendelborn's group was acting as the "enemy". Upon returning to camp on 8 November 1918, he contracted influenza.
Wendelborn's medals are on display at the Takaka Museum.
Surname is spelled Windleborn in the WWI nominal roll. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 15 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age 25 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of Disease AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Featherston Cemetery, Western Lake Road, Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM 589 AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Featherston Cemetery Memorial, Featherston, New Zealand AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
http://www.cwgc.org
Sources Used - Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
Sources Used - Featherston Camp. Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 122, 19 November 1918, Page 5
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19181119.2.22.1&srpos
Further Reference - New Zealand History online. Featherston War Memorial
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/featherston-cemetery-war-memorial
Further Reference - "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
http://web.archive.org/web/20220331095731/https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Documents/Provisional-list-NZ-victims-of-1918-Flu-Pandemic-Ancestry.pdf
Sources Used - Powles, C.G. (Ed). (1928). History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-19. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210315175255/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1CMRi-t1-body.html
Further Reference
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- References
- Information kindly provided by family
- The Evening Post
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 793 - Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
- "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
- Powles, C.G. (Ed). (1928). History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-19. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
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