Forenames

Robert Arthur AWMM

Surname

Scrimshaw AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/2750 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

8 September 1888

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Irwell, Selwyn, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs R. Scrimshaw (mother), 33 Victoria Street, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Aug 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

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

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/2750 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Aug 1915-19 Sep 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 27 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM 6th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Robert Scrimshaw was the son of Robert A. and Emily Scrimshaw, of 33 Victoria St., Petone, Wellington, New Zealand. Also served at the Dardanelles. AWMM

Death

27 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7815454
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1463840/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1463840
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 650
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• The Magazine Of The Sixth Reinforcements NZEF : published at sea on 28th August & 11th September, 1915