William Chirnside

Forenames

William AWMM

Surname

Chirnside AWMM

Service number

• South African 4148 AWMM
• WWI 24965 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

6 Aug 1881 AWMM

Address before enlistment

• Pre 07 Feb 1916 AWMM 34 Broadway Terrace, Wellington AWMM
• 53 Wright Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Miss Annie Chirnside (sister), 34 Broadway Terrace, Wellington AWMM
• Mrs W. Chirnside (wife), 53 Wright Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 06 Apr 1901 AWMM Single AWMM
• Pre 02 Jan 1917 AWMM Married AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• South African 4148 AWMM
• WWI 24965 AWMM

Enlistment

• WW1 07 Feb 1916 AWMM Gas fitter/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Assistant foreman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• South Africa 02 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
  HMNZT 73 Ministry for Culture and Heritage Vessel was Gulf of Taranto AWMM Private Ministry for Culture and Heritage 7th Contingent, 22 Company (Wellington Section) Ministry for Culture and Heritage New Zealand Mounted Rifles AWMM
• WW1 Vessel was Opawa AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 20th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Second Lieutenant AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery, Medium Trench Mortar Battery AWMM

William Chirnside was the son of Robert and Margaret Chirnside, of Wellington, New Zealand; husband of Hannah Lewis Chirnside, of 61, Matai Rd., Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand. Served in the South African War.

Father was named To Choose Chirnside. AWMM

Death

11 Oct 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Duhallow A.D.S Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM I. D. 40. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21893883
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20519269
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Museum Profile
  https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/860
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commmission
  https://www.cwgc.org/
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

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. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  49: 17
• Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.