Search results English Māori Arthur Albert Atkins Born 10 January 1884 - Died 22 November 1918 PDF Key details Service number2341 AWMM South African 7000 AWMM WWI 6/884 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Sergeant AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM WarSouth African War, 1899-1902 AWMM World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Our Soldiers Flag, New Zealand Ensign fundraising flag (1914-1918). Auckland War Memorial Museum (Re … View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesArthur Albert AWMM SurnameAtkins AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service number2341 AWMM South African 7000 AWMM WWI 6/884 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Report › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth10 January 1884 AWMM Herder, India AWMM 10 January 1884 Noel Smith Research Project 10 January 1884 Noel Smith Research Project Date of birth10 January 1879 Public - Maureen - Other Relative - 29 March 2015 - The Times of IndiaSurname 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 birthHurda, India Public - 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 notesHurda, India Public - 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 enlistmentUnknown AWMM The Mansion, Northcote, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Unknown AWMM Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationMrs 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 statusPre 31 March 1900 AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarSouth African War, 1899-1902 AWMM World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM CampaignSouth Africa AWMM 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number2341 AWMM South African 7000 AWMM WWI 6/884 AWMM Military serviceNZ Rhodesia Field Force Artillery AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 9th Contingent, North Island Regiment (2nd Regiment), F Squadron AWMM Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and AwardsDistinguished 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 Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentFarmer/Civilian AWMM AWMM South Africa Unknown AWMM Draper/Civilian AWMM Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM WW1 Unknown AWMM Carpenter/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsSouth 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 October 1914 AWMM from Wellington, New Zealand AWMMHMNZT 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 Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesMedical, WWI AWMM 7 August 1915: Wounded at Gallipoli AWMM Medical, WWI AWMM 8 September 1915: Wounded at Gallipoli AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 10 May 1916 AWMM Wounded AWMM Sergeant AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › 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 MorganChildren: 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._____________________________Arthur Albert Atkins – 1884-1918Arthur 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_____________________________ AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death22 November 1918 AWMM Age 34 AWMM Hokitika, Westland AWMM 22 November 1918 Noel Smith Research Project Age 35 AWMM 22 November 1918 Noel Smith Research Project Age 35 AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes CemeteryHokitika Cemetery, Westland District, New Zealand AWMM Section 5, Row 13 AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Arthur Albert Atkins by laying a poppy. Alfred Palmer Atkins Amy Doreen Atkins Arthur Albert Atkins Arthur Bernard Atkins Arthur Henry Atkins Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Arthur Albert Atkins Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects The Veteran : official publication of the South African War Veterans' Association… Library / Pictorial › publication Christchurch, New Zealand ; Hamilton, New Zealand UB359.N5 VET Sources Sources Contribute › External linksCommonwealth 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 http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20518720 Further Reference Other military personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22271446 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 http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/the-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 DocumentsPolaschek, A. (1983). The Complete New Zealand Distinguished Conduct Medal. Christchurch, N.Z.: Medals Research. AWMM Information kindly provided by family AWMM Military Service Record AWMM Information kindly provided by family AWMM Correspondence with family AWMM The Evening Post AWMM New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM Vol1: 23 AWMM London Gazette AWMM London Gazette 26 November 1915 AWMM Polaschek, A. (1983). The Complete New Zealand Distinguished Conduct Medal. Christchurch, N.Z.: Medals Research. AWMM Polaschek, A. (1983). p. 23 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 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. 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