John Wynyard

Forenames

John AWMM

Surname

Wynyard AWMM

Also known as

John Wynyard AWMM

Service number

WWI 20704 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1886

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 July 2025 - Military Record

Place of birth

Whangarei

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 July 2025 - Military Record

Next of kin

John Lewis Leonard (friend), Chelsea, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 20704 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Sugar-mill hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 23 Sep 1916-19 Nov 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 65 AWMM Vessel was Pakeha AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM 8th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

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

Death

8 Jun 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM III. C. 239 AWMM

Obituary

LANCE-CORPORAL JOHN WYNYARD.
Lance Corporal John Wynyard, killed in action, was a member of the Maori Contingent. He was well known in Auckland as a keen athlete, being a prominent cricketer, footballer, and tennis player, as well as an enthusiastic yachtsman.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 31 August 2024 - New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16579, 30 June 1917, Page 9

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Holy Trinity (Anglican) Church, 20 Church Street, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Birkenhead Roll of Honour, Birkenhead War Memorial Park AWMM
• Mercury Bay World War One Memorial AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22022930
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130846.html
  Further Reference
• The Parish of Holy Trinity, Devonport. (n.d.). Holy Trinity and St Augustine's Churches. Website.
  http://www.holytrinity.gen.nz/index.html
  Further Reference
• Birkenhead Roll of Honour Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/AUC233/searchbirkenhead.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/202349/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/202349
  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

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  41: 40
• 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.
• HMNZT 65 - Pakeha : the journal of the Seventeenth Reinforcements H.M.N.Z. Transport 65 (S.S."Pakeha"). Pilling, E.G. (Ewen George), editor. McGhie, J.G. (John Gordon), editor. Bell, R.B. (Robert Brown), editor. -- At sea : Officers and men, 17th Reinforcements : 1916.