English Māori Herbert James Allison Died 3 October 1917 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 25426 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesHerbert James AWMM SurnameAllison AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 25426 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 enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationJames Allison (father), No. 1 Line, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM Relationship status Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 25426 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 23 Sep 1916-19 November 1916 AWMM to AWMM HMNZT 65 AWMM Vessel was Pakeha AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM 17th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company 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 notesKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Son of James and Annie Allison, of Paori, Wanganui."Left New Zealand September 23rd, 1916. He was three weeks in Egland [sic] before he went to France, where he served through the battle of Messines. On October 3rd, 1917, he was killed at Gravenstafel, near Passchendaele Ridge. He, in company with others, was lying out in a shell hole ready for an advance, but as the German barrage was so heavy they were ordered back to their trench. Immediately afterwards a shell exploded, whicih [sic] caught them all." (In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School]) AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death3 October 1917 AWMM Age 31 AWMM Ypres, Belgium AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled in Action AWMM Death notes CemeteryNew Irish Farm Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM II.C.2. AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameAuckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM Roll of Honour Remember Herbert James Allison by laying a poppy. Henry Kiver Allison Henry Thomas Allison Herbert James Allison Hesketh Douglas Allison Hirini Allison Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Herbert James Allison 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=22270886 Further Reference A Street Near You record https://astreetnearyou.org/person/451910/- Further Reference Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/451910 Further Reference DocumentsNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM 41: 7 AWMM In Memoriam, 1914-1918. (1919).Wanganui, N.Z.: Collegiate School. AWMM Pakeha : the journal of the Seventeenth Reinforcements of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces - aboard H.M.N.Z. Transport 65 (S.S."Pakeha") AWMM See 'The Pakeha', ship's newspaper, October 1916, of the 17th Reinforcements of the NZEF. Copy in the Armoury Vertical File. AWMM Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM 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. 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