Robert James Warr
Born 28 Oct 1891 - Died 12 Oct 1917
- Service number
- WWI 8/2170 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM Otago Infantry Regiment AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Robert James AWMM
- Surname
- Warr AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 8/2170 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 28 Oct 1891 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM 105 Eden Terrace, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- W.J. Warr (father), 15 South Terrace, Bletcheley, Buckinghamshire, England AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 8/2170 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 13 Jun 1915-24 Jul 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 24 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM Otago Infantry Battalion AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- Days interned
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
Otago Infantry Regiment AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of William James and Elizabeth Warr, of 15, South Terrace, Bletchley, Bucks, England.
Next of kin address incorrectly spelt as Blatchley in Nominal Roll.
Next of Kin: Mr W. J. Warr, Bletchley, Bucks., England (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM - His parents were notified by telegram at the beginning of November 1917 that he had been killed in action on 12 October 1917, and soon after this they received two letters from the front. The first was from a Chaplain, and while the contents were no doubt sincere, it is more then likely that he had had little actual contact with Robert and that this was one of many similar letters that he had to write. The second one, however, was from one of his chums in the battalion, whom Robert had asked to write to his family should anything happen to him. These letters informed them that Robert had died instantly from a shot through the head by a sniper and that he had been buried where he fell near the village of Passchendaele. (Tyne Cot Cemetery)
The following was placed in the 15 October 1918 edition of the North Bucks Times by his family:
Sleep on Dear Jim, you nobly fell
Your last march past is o'er
You sleep beside your comrades now
Far from your native shore
Gently the stars are shining
Out there on his silent grave
There lies our dear one sleeping
For England he fought so bravePublic - Ian - Researcher - 26 January 2015 - Local Newspapers
1901 UK Census - Robert James Warr was born in October 1890, one of at least eight children of William James and Elizabeth Warr. Ovet the years the family lived at various address's in the Fenny Stratford area, in Back Lane, in West View and at the April 1901 census in St. Martins Street.
After leaving school Robert worked for the London & North Western Railway at Bletchley and served three and three quarter years in the Royal Navy before emigrating to New Zealand, where, by early 1915 he was living at 105 Eden Terrace, Auckland and working as a stoker for the Portland Cement Company. He joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on 20 February 1915, he was not married and gave his next of kin as his father, who by this time was living at 15 South Terrace.
He underwent a somewhat short period of training in New Zealand until 12 june 1915 and on the following day embarked on active service. This initially took him to Anzac, (presumably Anzac Cove, Gallipoli), where he arrived on 9 August; he was evacuated from here due to illness, (the North Bucks Times reported that he was suffering from Dysentery), and on 30 October he was admitted to hospital on the isle of Lemnos. Following recovery from this, he,along with the rest of the survivors from the ill fatedGallipoli expedition were evacuated to Egypt, arriving at Alexandria on Christmas Eve 1915. after a period of rest reorganisation and reinforcement, the New Zealanders left Egypt for France on 16 April 1916. Over the next 14 months Robert had various duties including periods with both the Australian and New Zealand Tunneling Companies and the 3rd Army Mine School, he also had a two week period of leave that he spent in fenny stratford in January/February 1917.
Robert returned to his battalion on 30 June 1917, and it would appear that they then became embroiled in the killing fields that later came to be known as the 3rd Battle of Ypres, (Passchendaele). His parents were notified by telegram at the beginning of November 1917 that hPublic - Ian - Researcher - 23 January 2015 - Uk Census
Local Newspaper
- Son of William James and Elizabeth Warr, of 15, South Terrace, Bletchley, Bucks, England.
About death
- Death
- 12 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age 26 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XIV. A. 16. AWMM
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22016077
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/465056/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/465056
Further Reference - Passchendaele Museum Profile
https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/4398
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
- Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Page No: 758 - 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. 1: Includes portrait - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.
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