George Clifford Wouldes

Forenames

George Clifford AWMM

Surname

Wouldes AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/2522 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 77 Lincoln Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

T. Wouldes (father), Panmure, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/2522 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1915-24 Jul 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 24 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Son of Mr Thomas Wouldes, of Queen Street, Panmure Auckland.

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

Death

22 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM V.E.15. AWMM

Obituary

WOULDES. – On October 22, killed in action in France, Corporal George Clifford, youngest and dearly-loved son of Mr. T. Wouldes, Panmure, and nephew of Mrs. J. Cutler, Lincoln Street, Ponsonby; in his 24th year. (Auckland Weekly News, 15 November 1917, p. 30) AWMM

Memorial name

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

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22022434
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/105329/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/105329
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Museum Profile
  https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/9459
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• HMNZT 24. Maunganuian : one of the many unofficial journals of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces. (1915). At sea: Fifth Reinforcements. Printe by W.F. Forster and Co., Albany.
• Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
• Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 801
• Auckland Weekly News
  Obituary: Auckland Weekly News, 15 November 1917, p. 30.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.