Arthur Albert Atkins
Born 10 Jan 1884 - Died 22 Nov 1918
- Service number
- 2341 AWMM
- South African 7000 AWMM
- WWI 6/884 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Sergeant AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM
- War
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Arthur Albert AWMM
- Surname
- Atkins AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- 2341 AWMM
- South African 7000 AWMM
- WWI 6/884 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 10 Jan 1884 AWMM
- 10 Jan 1879 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 10 January 1879Public - Maureen - Other Relative - 29 March 2015 - The Times of India
Surname
Atkins Given Names son Gender m Place Hurda Year of birth 1879 month of birth Jan day of birth 10 Exact Entry Jan 10 at Hurda the wife of A Atkins Esq Railway Police of a son Edition Year 1879 Edition Date 16 Jan
http://search.fibis.org/fron tis/bin/aps_detail.php?id=660141 - Place of birth
- Hurda, IndiaPublic - Maureen - Other Relative - 29 March 2015 - The Times of India
Surname
Atkins Given Names son Gender m Place Hurda Year of birth 1879 month of birth Jan day of birth 10 Exact Entry Jan 10 at Hurda the wife of A Atkins Esq Railway Police of a son Edition Year 1879 Edition Date 16 Jan
http://search.fibis.org/fron tis/bin/aps_detail.php?id=660141 - Birth notes
- Hurda, IndiaPublic - Maureen - Other Relative - 29 March 2015 - The Times of India.
Surname
Atkins Given Names son Gender m Place Hurda Year of birth 1879 month of birth Jan day of birth 10 Exact Entry Jan 10 at Hurda the wife of A Atkins Esq Railway Police of a son Edition Year 1879 Edition Date 16 Jan
http://search.fibis.org/fron tis/bin/aps_detail.php?id=660141 - Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM The Mansion, Northcote, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Unknown AWMM Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs M. Nicholson, Ramarama, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Miss Fanny Atkins (sister), The Mansion, Northcote, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Mrs M.A. Nicholson (mother), Bay Road, Northcote, Auckland, New Zealand (WWI) AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 31 Mar 1900 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- Campaign
- South Africa AWMM
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- 2341 AWMM
- South African 7000 AWMM
- WWI 6/884 AWMM
- Military service
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) AWMM
Distinguished Conduct Medal. "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on the 7th August, 1915, during the attack on Chunuk Bair (Dardanelles). While advancing up a narrow gully with precipitous sides, his battalion suddenly came on a strongly defended post, which barred the way, and from which a heavy rifle fire was directed on the head of the column. Sergeant Atkins, getting his section in hand, without hesitation rushed the position, captured and held it. He displayed great bravery and coolness, and set a splendid example to all with him" London Gazette 29 November 1915, p11893 AWMM - Queen's South Africa Medal (Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 clasps) AWMM
- 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
- Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- South Africa Unknown AWMM Draper/Civilian AWMM
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Carpenter/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- South Africa Vessel was Maori AWMM Gunner/Military AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 5th Contingent (New Zealand Imperial Bushmen), 11 Company (Auckland Section) AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 5th Contingent (New Zealand Imperial Bushmen) AWMM
- WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 4 or HMNZT 11 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Athenic AWMM Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM 2nd Reinforcements AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Medical, WWI AWMM
7 August 1915: Wounded at Gallipoli AWMM - Medical, WWI AWMM
8 September 1915: Wounded at Gallipoli AWMM
- Medical, WWI AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 10 May 1916 AWMM
Wounded AWMM
Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Served with 5th, 7th and 9th Contingents in South Africa 1900 to 1902 and Baden Powell Police 1903 to 1904 (Regt No 2341)
1916: Married Jessie Louisa Morgan
Children: son, Arthur Albert, born 15 January 1917, died 15 January 1917; son, Sydney Arthur, born 11 March 1918, died 11 November 1994; daughter, Frances Joan, born 10 Feburary 1919.
At the time of his death he was temporarily attached to permanent Staff.
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Arthur Albert Atkins – 1884-1918
Arthur was born in Herder in India in 1884. He served in the Boer War with the NZ Rhodesia Field Force Artillery. He sailed in March 1900 for Portuguese East Africa where he served until 1902. At that time he was a single farmer.
In 1914 when he enlisted, he was a draper and living in Christchurch. He won his DCM at Chunuk Bair and was wounded twice at Gallipoli. He returned to NZ in 1916 and was discharged. His rank was now Sergeant-Major and he was attached to Permanent Staff. That same year, he married Jessie Louisa Morgan and they had 3 children. They were in Hokitika in Westland when he died aged 34 in November 1918, three months before the birth of his last child. What a sad end to his life.
Above biography was transcribed, researched and written by Margaret Nash of Panmure Branch of NZSG
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About death
- Death
- 22 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age 34 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
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- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Hokitika Cemetery, Westland District, New Zealand AWMM Section 5, Row 13 AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
- Block 182 Plot 4339Public - Peter - Researcher - 10 June 2025 - Hokitika Council Web Site
- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Takapuna Primary School, Anzac Street, Takapuna, Auckland AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
http://www.cwgc.org
Sources Used - 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/R20518720
Further Reference - Other military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22271446
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130166.html
Further Reference - New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
Further Reference - Soldiers' Deaths. Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 128, 26 November 1918, Page 2
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19181126.2.13&srpos
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
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- References
- Polaschek, A. (1983). The Complete New Zealand Distinguished Conduct Medal. Christchurch, N.Z.: Medals Research.
- Information kindly provided by family
- Information kindly provided by family
Correspondence with family - The Evening Post
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 23 - London Gazette
London Gazette 26 November 1915 - Polaschek, A. (1983). The Complete New Zealand Distinguished Conduct Medal. Christchurch, N.Z.: Medals Research.
Polaschek, A. (1983). p. 23 - Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 2: Includes portrait - 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.
- McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
- "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
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