George Ford Prescott

Forenames

George Ford AWMM

Surname

Prescott AWMM

Service number

WWI 83179 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Tuakau, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs L.M. Prescott (mother), Tuakau, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 83179 AWMM

Enlistment

Clerk AWMM

Embarkation details

Gunner/Military AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of broncho pneumonia following influenza AWMM

Last rank

Gunner/Military AWMM
New Zealand Training Unit AWMM

Death

17 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Featherston Cemetery, Western Lake Road, Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM Grave 559A AWMM

Memorial name

• Featherston Cemetery Memorial, Featherston, New Zealand AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Tuakau, WW1, 1914 - 1918, Tuakau Memorial Hall, George Street, Tuakau, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
• Tuakau War Memorial, Tuakau Services Cemetery, corner of Alexandra Redoubt Road and Roberts Road, Tuakau, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Tuakau War Memorial, corner of Alexandra Redoubt Road and Roberts Road, Tuakau, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20802733
  Further Reference
• Featherston Camp. Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 122, 19 November 1918, Page 5
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19181119.2.22.1&srpos
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online Featherston Cemetery War Memorial
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/featherston-cemetery-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Tuakau War Memorial Hall
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tuakau-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Tuakau War Memorial
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tuakau-services-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643535/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643535
  Further Reference
• "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
  http://web.archive.org/web/20220331095731/https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Documents/Provisional-list-NZ-victims-of-1918-Flu-Pandemic-Ancestry.pdf
  Sources Used

References

• The Evening Post
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. This list was not collated by McNabb but was sourced from the Royal New Zealand Navy.
• "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
• Hickford, Paul, They Marched to War, 2019, pp.18 & 42.
  Public - Paul - Researcher - 28 April 2021 - Tribute to Bank of New Zealand staff and family members who served in WWI.