Allan McKenzie Willicombe
Born 6 Sept 1894 - Died 7 Jun 1917
- Service number
- WWI 8/3793 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Allan McKenzie AWMM
- Surname
- Willicombe AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 8/3793 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 6 Sept 1894 AWMM
- 6 Sept 1894 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 6 September 1894Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 28 August 2018 - Military File
- Place of birth
- Collingwood, Tasman District, Nelson Region.Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 28 August 2018 - Military File
- Birth notes
- Son of William (deceased) and Mrs Agnes Willicombe (later Mrs Agnes Perry) of Collingwood.Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 28 August 2018 - Military File
- Address before enlistment
- Ketarieke, Raurimu, North Island.Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 28 August 2018 - Military File
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Mrs A. Perry (mother), Collingwood, New Zealand AWMM
- Mrs Agnes Perry.Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 28 August 2018 - Military File
- Relationship status
- SinglePublic - Jenifer - Researcher - 28 August 2018 - Military File
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Messines AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 8/3793 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 Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 08 Jan 1916-08 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 37 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 9th Reinforcements Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
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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, 1st Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Allan Willicombe was the son of Agnes Perry (formerly Willicombe), of Collinwood, Nelson, New Zealand, and the late William Willicombe.
New Zealand at the Front (a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division), 1917, p.141. AWMM - Allan, and his brother Cuthbert, were half-brothers to Private David Arthur Percy : NZEF Service # 10/3055. David Percy was the son of their Mother Agnes to her 2nd husband.
David Percy was born 20 November 1892 - at Collingwood, Tasman District, Nelson Region.
Private David Percy served Egypt (1915-1916); France & Belgium (1916-1917-1918). Private Percy survived war service and he returned home to New Zealand. David Percy died 5 February 1969 at Marton, Rangitikei District.Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 30 August 2018 - Military file of Private David Arthur Percy : NZEF Service # 10/3055. - Brother of Lance Corporal Cuthbert William Willicombe : NZEF Service # 65498 - Otago Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, NZEF - who was killed in action 23 October 1918 at Bapaume, France.
Both Allan and Cuthbert Willicombe are remembered at their birth place - on the Collingwood War Memorial, Collingwood Township, Tasman District, Nelson Region.
The brothers are also remembered on the World War 1 Wall of Remembrance at Founders Park, Nelson City.Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 30 August 2018 - Researcher
- Allan Willicombe was the son of Agnes Perry (formerly Willicombe), of Collinwood, Nelson, New Zealand, and the late William Willicombe.
About death
- Death
- 7 Jun 1917 AWMM
Age 32 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
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM
- Wayside Cross, Morero Terrace, Taumarunui, King Country, New Zealand.Public - Ian Banks - Researcher - 6 November 2020 - research
- His name is included on the Kaitieke War Memorial Cenotaph but incorrectly spelt McWillicombePublic - Ian Banks - Researcher - 12 September 2018 - Research
Related objects
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22020168
Further Reference - New Zealand World War One Roll of Honour
https://www.sooty.nz/nzefrohWh.html
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1738421/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1738421
Further Reference - New Zealand at the Front a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division (1917). London : Cassell.
https://archive.org/details/newzealandatfron00lond/newzealandatfron00lond
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
21: 32 - The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
- HMNZT 37. Quinn's Post. New Zealand troopship magazine. As transport no. 37 the "Maunganui" carried the 9th Reinforcements, departing New Zealand 8 January 1916 and arriving Suez 8 February 1916. O.C. Troops was Capt. W.T. Joll and Ship's Master Capt. L. Worrall.
- Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.
- New Zealand at the Front a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division (1917). London : Cassell.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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