Charles Sciascia
Born 28 Sept 1891 - Died 1 Aug 1917
- Service number
- WWI 10/518 AWMM
- Also known as
- Charles Sciascia AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Sergeant AWMM Wellington Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Charles AWMM
- Surname
- Sciascia AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Charles Sciascia AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 10/518 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 28 Sept 1891 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
- Son of Nicolas & Lydia SCIASCIAPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 June 2024 - NZ BDM Birth Records
- Address before enlistment
- Pre 17 Aug 1914 AWMM Koputaroa, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- J. Sciascia, Koputaroa, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- 1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 10/518 AWMM
- Military service
- Wellington West Coast Rifles (7th Regiment), C Company (Palmerston North Rifle Volunteers) AWMM
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Military Medal (MM) AWMM
London Gazette, 12 March 1917, p2486, Rec No 545: In the Noutillerie Sector on the 3rd day of February 1917, this N.C.O. was in charge of the Scouts of a Raiding Party of 22 ranks. He led his party with coolness and accuracy and contributed materially to the success of the Raid. he had previously shown himself brave and capable both in Gallipoli and France AWMM - Victory Medal AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Military Medal (MM) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 17 Aug 1914 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM
Labourer/Civilian AWMM - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 7 or HMNZT 10 AWMM Vessel was Arawa or Limerick AWMM Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body 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 7 inches AWMM - Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Sergeant AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Mr. Nicola and Mrs. Riria Sciascia, of Koputaroa, Foxton
Wellington Infantry battalion. Survived Gallipoli, Awarded Military Medal for gallantly, London Gazette, 12 March 1917, p2486, Rec No 545. Killed in action in Belgium, 1 Aug 1917. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 1 Aug 1917 AWMM
Age 25 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
- La Basse-Ville (Warneton), Hainaut, BelgiumPublic - Dominique G J M - Researcher - 31 July 2023 - Dominique G J M: La Basse-Ville 1917: NZ Voices from Flanders Fields, 2016
- 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
- Mr & Mrs Tiwiti McDonald, of Koputaroa, near Levin, have an only son and 12 nephews at the front. Their son went out with the Main Body from Palmerston North, and has been through all the important fighting. Five of their nephews have made the supreme sacrifice, & one of these was Charles Sciascia, of Koputaroa, who was killed in the lighting near Messines. Mrs Sciascia has received the following letter from her son's company officer, which alone is a fitting monument to his memory. The letter says: "It is my sad duty to write you a message of sympathy on the death of your brave son, Charlie. I had been intimately connected with him for over a year, & in that time I learned to admire and trust him with everything, just as he was admired, trusted, and looked up to by every other soldier and officer in the company. He was one of the bravest, cleanest chaps I have over known, and he should have received decoration after decoration for the work he has done. On the 2nd of August, while taking part in the great battle, he fell. His death cast a gloom over us for long afterwards, and everyone of us will always look back to that fateful day when we lost our bravest and best n.c.o. He was buried by his comrades on the field of battle, with full military honours, and not one of the boys 'eft him without a tear in his eye. His grave is marked, and he lies ten yards to the right of the road at the northern end of the village of La Basse Ville, which he helped to defend. At the earliest opportunity we are going to have a cross erected in honour of one of our greatest comrades.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 June 2024 - "OUR BRAVEST AND BEST."
FEILDING STAR, VOLUME XIII, ISSUE 3368, 10 OCTOBER 1917, PAGE 4 - Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM
- Monument (private) Chaussée de Lille, Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium Dominique Cooreman contributed to the erection of it by the Italian family in 2007
source Dominique G J M Cooreman: La Basse-Ville 1917: NZ voices from Flanders Fields, 2016Public - Dominique G J M - Researcher - 31 July 2023 - source Dominique G J M Cooreman: La Basse-Ville 1917: NZ voices from Flanders Fields, 2016
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20810130
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/75199801/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/75199801
Further Reference - Passchendaele Museum Profile
https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/4046
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
- 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.
- McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 646 - 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. 4: Includes portrait - Iwi, Hapū, Rohe and additional whakapapa information kindly provided from “Ngāti Raukawa and 20th century wars. Ngā Pakanga o Te Ao. Participation, Price, and Post-War Experience.” Research conducted by Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins (2022). Report commissioned by Crown Forestry Rental Trust, Wellington (Wai 2200 Porirua ki Manawatu Inquiry).
- Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
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