Roland Wolstenholme

Forenames

Roland AWMM

Surname

Wolstenholme AWMM

Also known as

Roland Wolstenholme AWMM

Service number

WWI 55006 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1897 AWMM

Next of kin

James Wolstenhouse (father), 22 Roslyn Terrace, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 55006 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Carpenter/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 24 Jul 1917-25 Sep 1917 AWMM to Plymouth AWMM
HMNZT 89 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM 28th Reinforcements, E Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment AWMM

Roland Wolstenholme was the son of James and Miranda Wolstenholme, of 22, Roslyn Terrace, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand; late of Middleton, Manchester, England.

Next of Kin: Mr J. Wolstenholme, Devonport, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

2 Aug 1918 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM
France AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme, France AWMM IV. A. 10 AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Devonport War Memorial, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22024735
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Devonport War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/devonport-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Devonport War Memorial Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/DBC859/searchdevonport.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/58232/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/58232
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  69: 11
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 4: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• HMNZT 89 - 1NZEF: 28th Reinforcements. (1917). Te kiwi: 28th Reinf. Cape Times Ltd