Search results Next record Previous record English Māori James Robert Donovan PDF Key details Service numberWWI ANF1510 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchNavy AWMM Last rank WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesJames Robert AWMM SurnameDonovan AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI ANF1510 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth19 March 1893 Public - Keith - Researcher - 21 October 2019 - ANF Engagement and Service Records 1903-1911 Place of birthWellington, North Island, New Zealand Public - Keith - Researcher - 21 October 2019 - ANF Engagement and Service Records 1903-1911 Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkation Relationship status Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchNavy AWMM Service numberWWI ANF1510 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentEnlisted as Boy 2nd Class on 05 June 1910. Engagement commenced on 18th birthday Public - Keith - Researcher - 21 October 2019 - ANF Engagement and Service Records 1903-1911 Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 Able Seaman/Military AWMM HMS Pyramus AWMM Royal Navy (Australian Naval Force) AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notes Last known rank Contribute › Last rank Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › WW1 medals issued at Naval Office, Wellington.1914-15 Star. British War Medal 1914-1919. Victory Medal AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes Cemetery Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember James Robert Donovan by laying a poppy. James John Donovan James Partick Donovan James Robert Donovan James Stephen Donovan James Trevor Donovan Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of James Robert Donovan Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksThe National Archives (UK). http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Sources Used Returning Home: Naval Ratings on leave. Evening Post 18 Sept 1916 p.2. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19160918.2.21 Further Reference Royal Navy ANF ratings Medal Roll WW1http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1687 Public - Keith - Researcher - 20 October 2019 - The three pages of the ANF medal roll within ADM 171/133 ANF Engagement and Service Records 1903-1911https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1427748 Public - Keith - Researcher - 21 October 2019 - ANF Engagement and Service Records 1903-1911AWM266 6/1/1510 - 1510 James Robert Donovan The Dominion, 13 Mar 1913, Papers Pasthttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19130313.2 Public - Keith - Researcher - 13 November 2019 - 13 March 1913Personal Items'The High Commissioner's Departmentreports that the following New Zealand-ers are to be drafted to H.M.S. New Zea-land and borne as supernumeraries forpassage to N.Z., when they will bedischarged for service to H.M. ships onthe Australasian station :- R. J. Green-ing, Leading Seaman, H.M.S. Victory;M.F. Clow, Leading Stoker H.M.S. Pem-broke; J.W. Armstrong, Leading StokerH.M.S. Hercules; J.R. Donovan, AbleSeaman, H.M.S. Excellent' Documents1911 England Census of 02 April 1911,Royal Navy, China and East Indies, Vessels, HMS Pioneer Public - Keith - Researcher - 30 October 2019 - Class: RG14; Piece: 34972; Registration District Number: 640; James R Danovan[sic]; 18 years; Ordinary Seaman; Wellington, New Zealand; R.C.; https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/results?sourcecategory=census%2c+land+%26+surveys&collection=census&keywords=rg14pn34972+rd640+pioneer&keywordsplace_proximity=5&datasetname=1911+census+for+england+%26+wales&sourcecountry=great+britainANF vessels Contributors Processing Command item Command item Add new record Refresh DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact 13 November 2019KeithLondonResearcher The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Search results Next record Previous record