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William Stud Bovey

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Trooper Bovey, 4th contingent. Nelson Provincial Museum, Tyree Studio Collection: 61286

Trooper Bovey, 4th contingent. Nelson Provincial Museum, Tyree Studio Collection: 61286

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Stud AWMM
  • Surname
    Bovey AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 45874 AWMM
    • WWI 45974 AWMM
    • South African 158 AWMM
    • South African 1158 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 8 March 1872 AWMM Stoke, Nelson AWMM
    • 8 March 1872 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    8 March 1872 Public - Peter - Researcher - 6 September 2017 - Military personnel files
  • Place of birth
    Stoke, Nelson Public - Peter - Researcher - 6 September 2017 - Military personnel files
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    South African Pre 1900 AWMM Stoke, Nelson AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    J.R. Bovey (brother), Levin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • William Bovey was the brother of George Bovey, of 151, Waimea St., Nelson, New Zealand.

      Nominal Roll has his name listed as William Stud Bovey and his service number as 45974, in Archway his name is listed as William Steed Bovey [Aka William Stud Bovey] and his service number as 45874. Name appears as both Stud and Steed in Personnel file.

      His father was named John Bovey. AWMM
    • William was born William STUD Bovey. His mother was Elizabeth STUD Bovey (nee Greaves)
      In 1835 a Frances STUDD married Thomas Greaves. Parents of Elizabeth.
      The mistake occurred when his name was inscribed on a bronze plaque - it reads STEED. Public - Heather - Other relative - 21 April 2022 - Ancestry website Pallot's Marriage Index for England 1780-1837 Frances Stud and Thomas Greave (not Greaves as above - apologies)
      NZ Birth certificate for William:
      William STUD Bovey born 8 March 1872 to Elizabeth STUD Bovey and John Bovey.
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Death

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  • Death
    12 October 1917 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    War memorials at Nelson and Levin and Stoke Memorial Gates Public - Peter - Researcher - 6 September 2017 - audit of regional war memorials combined with local research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      62: 20 AWMM
    • Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers. AWMM
      p.102 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
12 July 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
21 April 2022HeatherChristchurch, NZOther relative
13 September 2017JeniferWairarapaResearcher
06 September 2017PeterNelson, New ZealandResearcher

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