Identity
Title
Forenames
Frank AWMM
Surname
Wagstaff AWMM
Ingoa
Also known as
Service number
WWI 55871 AWMM
Gender
Iwi
Hapū
Waka
Rohe
Religion
Civilian life
Birth
Date of birth
Place of birth
Birth notes
Address before enlistment
Post war occupation
Next of kin on embarkation
Mrs B.B. Wagstaff (mother), Seaview Terrace, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM
Relationship status
Service
Capture details
Days interned
Liberation date
Liberation Repatriation
POW liberation details
POW serial number
Medical notes
- Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Cerebro spinal meningitis AWMM - Height, WWI AWMM
5' 5.5" AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
119 lb AWMM
Biographical information
Frank Wagstaff was the son of Henry and Beatrice Bing Wagstaff, of 13 Sea View Terrace, Timaru, New Zealand.
Embarked Wellington, 22 November 1917; disembarked Liverpool, England, 8 January 1918, and marched in to Sling Camp and posted to Wellington Infantry Regiment, 9 January 1918.
Admitted to Tidworth Military Hospital, 25 January 1918 (measles).
Placed on Dangerously Ill List, 4 February 1918.
Died 5 February 1918 (suspected cerebro-spinal-meningitis).
Medal: British War Medal
Parents: Henry and Beatrice Bing Wagstaff, 13, Sea View Terrace, Timaru
Parents: Henry (b. England), Beatrice B. (b. New Zealand) AWMM
Memorials
Memorial name
Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. Image provided by John Halpin 2017, CC BY John Halpin 2017. AWMM
Roll of Honour
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Frank Wagstaff
Processing
Sources
External links
Documents
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
75: 19 AWMM - NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM
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