Henry George Chilton

Forenames

Henry George AWMM

Surname

Chilton AWMM

Service number

WWI 2/3168 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Place of birth

Auckland

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Birth notes

Son of Albert & France May CHILTON

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Address before enlistment

Warehouseman - Lived at 61 Clifford Road, Gisborne

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Next of kin

Albert Chilton (father), 3 Cromwell Street, Auckland

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Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 2/3168 AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Gunner/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM

Only son of Albert and Francis May Chilton, of 3, Cromwell St., Mount Eden, Auckland

Next of Kin: Mr A. Chilton, Cromwell St, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

13 Apr 1916 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Place of death

Williamson's Chambers, Shortland Street, Auckland, New Zealand

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Cause of death

• Killed on Active Service AWMM
• Fifty foot fall down the shaft of a lift
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Death notes

See article on death in images section

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Cemetery

Waikaraka Cemetery, 1 Alfred Street, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Area 2, Block D, Grave 47. AWMM

Obituary

FALL DOWN LIFT-WELL. YOUNG SOLDIERTS; DEATH, At the inquest on the, body of Gunner Henry George Chilton, a: young. member of the Expeditionary Force, 2£ years of age, who met his death by falling down the well of a 'lift in the Williamson Chambers, in Shortland street, Auckland, Frederick Taylor, caretaker of the Chambers, said that the deceased came to his residence for tea on the Saturday with his father, mother and- two sisters, arriving at 5.30 p.m. About 10 p.m. the deceased and witness r s son left the room to go down to the street and put a trap in out in the rain. They went:' in the direction of a lift and he followed them shortly afterwards. Just before he got to the corner of the passage he heard a sound as of somebody falling down the lift. If the door of the lift were four ( feet above •, the landing he could give no reason for it. He had inspected the lift since the accident, and there appeared to be nothing wrong with it. The deceased was well acquainted with the working of the' lift. It was reasonable to assume that if thelift were up .four feet from the landing, he might 'mistake the bottom of .the lift .for the top. The deceased had no intoxicating liquor while in his house, and showed no signs of having had any when he arrived

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Memorial name

• Featherston Cemetery Memorial, Featherston, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21893851
  Further Reference
• Probate, National Office Wellington
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22222067
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Featherston Cemetery War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/featherston-cemetery-war-memorial
  Further Reference

References

• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.