Charlie Wood
Born 8 Jan 1893 - Died 8 Jul 1917
- Service number
- WWI 16/431 AWMM
- Also known as
- Charlie Wood AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 1st NZ Maori ContingentPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Record
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
- PrivatePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Record
- Forenames
- Charlie AWMM
- Surname
- Wood AWMM
- Ingoa
- —
- Also known as
- Charlie Wood AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/431 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Religion
- Church of EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 8 Jan 1893 AWMM
- Date of birth
- 8 Jan 1893Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- Place of birth
- Wairoa, HBPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- Birth notes
- son of Te Raukauhemo Toka of TaurangaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Otaki, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Raukau Heno Toka, Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM
- Raukauhemo Toka c/- Solicitor, TaurangaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Egyptian - Gallipoli & Mudros, Egyptian EF & Western EuropeanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 1st NZ Maori ContingentPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Record
- Service number
- WWI 16/431 AWMM
- Military service
- 1914-1917Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- I am Kaitiaki (caregiver) for my late Uncle's Plaque & I am not sure about the Scroll. I have to check as I am not sure if it is a copy. I would like to enquire about my late Uncle's British War & Victory Medals.Public - Kura Honor Brown - Direct descendant - 18 April 2017 - Family Oral History. Researching the website: WW1 Charlie Wood NZ Pioneer Battalion
- 1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 514403Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- I am Kaitiaki (caregiver) for my late Uncle's Plaque & I am not sure about the Scroll. I have to check as I am not sure if it is a copy. I would like to enquire about my late Uncle's British War & Victory Medals.
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- Tauranga Cadet CorpsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- 12 Nov 1914 at AvondalePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- Age on enlistment
- 21yr 8mthsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- Occupation before enlistment
- Farmer for W Martin of TaurangaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM A Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent 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
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Wounded 1916 AWMM - Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
- Sept 1916 suffering from being gassed; July 1917 Killed in ActionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military record
- Aug 1915 Wounded arm; Dec 1915 suffer from explosion shockPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 23 February 2016 - Military Record
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Listed as wounded, Chronicles of the NZEF 1916 (2) p. 40
Next of Kin: Mr R. Toka, c/o Sharp, Tudehope, Wilson, Tauranga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 8 Jul 1917 AWMM
Age 24 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
- —
- Place of death
- —
- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
- —
- Cemetery
- Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XIV. B. 19. AWMM
- Cemetery name
- —
- Grave reference
- —
- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Mercury Bay World War One Memorial AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22024905
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130844.html
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/433345/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/433345
Further Reference - Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 796 - New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
- Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- 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. 5: Includes portrait - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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