William Wilson Andrews

Forenames

William Wilson AWMM

Surname

Andrews AWMM

Service number

WWI 19460 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Wesleyan, Christian AWMM

Birth

7 Mar 1889 AWMM

Birth notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Lot Andrews, of Kasavu Lovonisikeci, Fiji Islands

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Address before enlistment

24 King Street, Ponsonby

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Next of kin

WW1 Lot Andrews (father), Kasavu, Fiji, Pacific Islands AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 19460 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Planter/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 02 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 73 AWMM Vessel was Opawa AWMM Private AWMM 12th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Accidental death on active service AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

William Andrews was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lot Andrews, of Kasavu Lovonisikeci, Fiji Islands.

Next of Kin: Mr J. Andrews, Kasavu, Fiji (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

20 Jan 1918 AWMM
Age  31 AWMM

Cause of death

Accidental Death AWMM

Cemetery

Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles, Bouches-du-Rhone, France AWMM IV. A. 38. AWMM

Obituary

Private William ANDREWS, a 31 year old Fijian was killed in a tramway accident on 17th January 1918 in France

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Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22270555
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130570.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/338804/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/338804
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  49: 22
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.