George Woods

Forenames

George AWMM

Surname

Woods AWMM

Also known as

George Woods AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/308 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Kāi Tahu, Ngā Iwi o Tākitimu, Tākitimu, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

8th June 1892

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 January 2025 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Hira and Tamati Te Wahia Woods

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 January 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/george-woods

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Puketeraki, Otago, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Thomas Woods (father), Puketeraki, Otago, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/308 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM A Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Tuberculosis AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Son of Hira Te Wahia (Sarah Woods) and Tamati (Thomas) Te Wahia Woods.

Two sons, brothers George Woods (16/308) and Charles Woods (Tare Te Wahia) (58804) served in WW1 and died shortly after their return home.

Next of Kin: Mr T. Woods, Puketeraki, Otago (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

10 Dec 1919 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Karitane Cemetery, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

Obituary

Private George Woods, who left New Zealand with the Maori Pioneer Battalion (Min Body), died in the Dunedin Hospital on Thursday evening. The funeral took place at the Karitane Cemetery this afternoon, and a party of about 28 soldiers from the Hospital, under the charge of the Rev. V. Q. Bryan King, attended, & with other soldiers from Puketeraki and district supplied the firing party. The Rev. E. J. Neale read the service at the graveside, and the Last Post was sounded by Sergeant Robertson. The death of Private Woods is very sad, as a brother died shortly after his return from the war about 12 months ago. Private Woods was a member of one of the oldest and best-known Maori families in the Puketeraki district.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 January 2025 - Evening Star, Issue 17224, 13 December 1919, Page 4

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22025172
  Further Reference
• Funeral report: Otago Daily Times , Issue 17809, 16 December 1919, Page 7
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=ODT19191216.2.64&srpos
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130845.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/642744/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/642744
  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

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 799
• Otago Daily Times
• 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.
• 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.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.