Search results Next record Previous record English Māori James Holmes Straw Died 24 August 1918 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 3/161 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM Otago Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesJames Holmes AWMM SurnameStraw AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 3/161 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentUnknown AWMM Upper Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationMrs M.A. Straw (mother), Queen Street, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Mrs M.A. Straw (mother), Queen Street, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 3/161 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 Unknown AWMM Unknown/Civilian AWMM Auckland, New Zealand AWMM WW1 Motorman/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 16 October 1914 AWMMHMNZT 3-12 AWMM Vessel was Unknown Ship AWMM Sergeant AWMM New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM Main Body AWMM WW1 23 September 1916 AWMM from Wellington, New Zealand AWMMHMNZT 64 or HMNZT 65 AWMM Vessel was Devon or Pakeha AWMM Lance Sergeant/Military AWMM 17th Reinforcements, New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesDied of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM Otago Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › James Straw was the son of Michael and Mary A. Straw; husband of Lilian Jones (formerly Straw), of Nelson Creek, West Coast, New Zealand. AWMM First husband of Lilian Hill, daughter of Mary Jane and William Harrison Hill from Dobson, West Coast New Zealand. Married in 1916 and had a daughter together in 1917 - Franscesca Marcella Straw. Lilian remarried Edward Jones. Public - Nikki - Other relative - 26 May 2019 - Personal papers, family knowledge and NZ Births, Deaths and Marriages Read more Death About death Contribute › Death24 August 1918 AWMM Age 33 AWMM France, Europe AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathDied of wounds AWMM Death notes CemeteryBagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme, France AWMM VI. C. 4. AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameMemorial plaque, St Paul's Church, No 3 Field Ambulance, 25 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Onehunga War Memorial Swimming Pool, Jellicoe Park (off Quadrant Road), Park Gardens, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Onehunga Arch of Remembrance, Jellicoe Park (off Quadrant Road), Park Gardens, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM Roll of Honour Remember James Holmes Straw by laying a poppy. John Gilbert Strauchon John Hunter Strauchon James Holmes Straw John Campbell Straw William Harold Straw Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of James Holmes Straw Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects Pakeha : the journal of the Seventeenth Reinforcements of the New Zealand… Library / Pictorial › publication At sea D526.2 PAK Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy) Library / Pictorial › manuscripts and archives MS-2016-2 Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=7822275 Further Reference Other military personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=7880954 Further Reference Onehunga War Memorial and Book of Honour Index http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/OHB063/searchonehunga.htm Further Reference A Street Near You record https://astreetnearyou.org/person/58062/- Further Reference Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/58062 Further Reference DocumentsNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM Vol1: 699 AWMM New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM 41: 26 AWMM Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM Contributors Processing Command item Command item Add new record Refresh DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact 26 May 2019NikkiKaikouraOther relative 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
