Herbert Stanley Sing

Forenames

Herbert Stanley AWMM

Surname

Sing AWMM

Also known as

• Bert AWMM
• Albert AWMM
• Singe AWMM
• Herbert was known as Bert, not Albert. Albert Victor was his brother, my grandfather
  Public - Isobel Zania - Other Relative - 20 April 2015 - Letters sent by the brothers and his mother during the war

Service number

WWI 12/1097 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

9 May 1892 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs J. Smith (mother), 1 Browning Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 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 12/1097 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) AWMM
• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Military training

12 months Eden Cadets AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 04 Sep 1914 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM
Cook/Military AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

• 3 Jul 1916 AWMM Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• 6 May 1915 AWMM Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM

Last rank

WW2 3 Jul 1916 AWMM
Killed in action AWMM
Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Death

3 Jul 1916 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France AWMM I. C. 40 AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7817704
  Further Reference
• The DCM. Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 255, 25 October 1916, Page 7
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19161025.2.55&srpos
  Further Reference
• Stone, Andrew. (16 August 2014). 100 Kiwi Stories: Chinese soldier a hero to mates. New Zealand herald.
  http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11309675
  Further Reference
• Johnson, Ella. The Sing Brothers Go to War. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 7 February 2017.
  http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/the-sing-brothers-go-to-war
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/277329/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/277329
  Further Reference
• Wikipedia Entry
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Stanley_Sing
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• 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: 666
• Kennedy, A. (2015). Chinese Anzacs : Australians of Chinese descent in the defence forces 1885-1919 (revised to include New Zealand-born Chinese of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1914-1919) (2nd ed). Wellington: New Zealand Chinese Association.
• 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. 3: Includes portrait
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.