Charles William Hensman Bould
Born 11 Apr 1873 - Died 27 Sept 1916
- Service number
- South African 9 AWMM
- WWI 1/445 AWMM
- WWI 10/4439 AWMM
- WWI 10/4439 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- South Africa 2nd Contingent AWMM
- WW1 Warrant Officer Class 1 AWMM Wellington Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM
- War
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 11 Apr 1873 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- South African Unknown AWMM Pahautanui, New Zealand AWMM
- WW1 Pre 09 Aug 1914 AWMM Waterloo Road, Johnsonville, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Waterloo Road, Johnsonville, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Thomas Bould, Johnsonville Hotel, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- WW1 Mrs Georgina Bould (mother), Main Road, Johnsonville, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- Campaign
- Paardeberg AWMM
- Kimberley AWMM
- Driefontein AWMM
- Johannesburg AWMM
- Diamond Hill AWMM
- Samoa AWMM
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- South African 9 AWMM
- WWI 1/445 AWMM
- WWI 10/4439 AWMM
- WWI 10/4439 AWMM
- Military service
- Wellington Guards, Sergeant in the Wellington Guards AWMM
- 5th Wellington Regiment AWMM
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- South Africa Unknown AWMM
Age 26 AWMM
Labourer/Civilian AWMM - WW1 Unknown AWMM Packer/Civilian AWMM
- WW1 Packer/Civilian AWMM
- South Africa Unknown AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- South Africa Vessel was Waiwera AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1st Contingent, 1 Company AWMM 1st Contingent AWMM
- WW1 HMNZT 1 or HMNZT 2 AWMM Vessel was Moeraki or Monowai AWMM Warrant Officer AWMM 5th (Wellington) Regiment, B Company AWMM Samoan Advance Party AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM - WW1 01 Apr 1916-03 May 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 49 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Sergeant Major AWMM 11th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
3rd Embarkation 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
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 foot 8.5 inches AWMM - Weight, South Africa AWMM
8 stone 12 pounds AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
10 stone 12 pounds AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Brown AWMM - Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Battle of the Somme AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- South Africa 2nd Contingent AWMM
- WW1 Warrant Officer Class 1 AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM
- Last rank
- —
Biographical information
- Charles Bould was the son of Georgiana Bould and the husband of Emmie May Bould (nee Trezise) who in WW1 was recorded as living at 27 Plunket St., Kelburn, Wellington.
Bould was Signalling Instructor as well as Instructor for the Maxim Gun Detachment (2 NZMR). He was invalided from Cape Town 28 August 1900, aboard the S.S. 'Kumara'. (Stowers, p.152)
He was Colour-Sergeant of the Wellington Guards.
Invalided to New Zealand on SS Kumara from Capetown 28 August 1900.
Married Emmie Mae Trezise in 1915
World War One, Regimental No. 10/4439, where he was killed in action.
Father was named Thomas Bould. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 27 Sept 1916 AWMM
- Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
http://www.cwgc.org
Sources Used - Smith, S.J. (1924). The Samoa (N.Z.) Expeditionary Force 1914-1915. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn.
http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-Samo.html
Sources Used - Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20518711
Further Reference - New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- References
- Stowers, R. (2002). Rough Riders at War: history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer war 1899-1902 and information on all members of the ten New Zealand contingents. Author: Hamilton, N.Z.
- St Clair Inglis, A. (c1902). Souvenir Album of the first New Zealand Contingent South African War. Auckland, N.Z.: Arthur Cleave & Co.
- New Zealand Contingents to South Africa: Nominal Rolls (1900). Wellington, N.Z.: Government Printer.
28: 7 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
- 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. 1: Includes portrait
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