George Arthur Bush

Forenames

George Arthur AWMM

Surname

Bush AWMM

Service number

• WWI 16/977 AWMM
• South African 7012 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Waitaha (Te Arawa), Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

26 Dec 1879 AWMM

Address before enlistment

• WW1 Pre 16 Jun 1915 AWMM Paeroa, New Zealand AWMM
• WW1 Paeroa, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• WW1 Mrs Adeline Muriel Bush (wife), Victoria Street, Paeroa, New Zealand AWMM
• WW1 Mrs A.M. Bush (wife), Tiroa, Mangahao Road, Pahiatua, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Married AWMM
  Married, 1 child AWMM
• Pre 16 Nov 1916 AWMM Married AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 16/977 AWMM
• South African 7012 AWMM

Military service

2nd Maori Contingent AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
  London Gazette 14 June 1918, p7058 AWMM

Enlistment

• South Africa Accountant/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 16 Jun 1915 AWMM
  Age  35 AWMM
  Accountant/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Accountant/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• South Africa Vessel was Devon AWMM 9th Contingent, E Squadron AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 9th Contingent AWMM
• WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM
• WW1 Vessel was Manuka AWMM Captain/Military AWMM Maori Contingent, 11th Maori Reinforcements, 2nd Rarotongan Contingent AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
  3rd Embarkation AWMM

Last rank

WW1 28 May 1919 AWMM Captain/Military AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Husband of Adeline Muriel nee Dempsey married March 1910.

His father was named Robert Smelt Bush.

SuppNom: Ex 2nd Maori Contingent.

Next of Kin: Mr A. M. Bush, Paeroa, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1))

Commissioned as Officer commanding Rarotongan Company 01/01/1917 AWMM

Death

9 Dec 1930 BDM NZ1930/10398

Date of death

13 Sep 1930

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 November 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206065240/george-arthur-bush

Age at death

50yrs

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 November 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206065240/george-arthur-bush

Place of death

Te Aroha West, Matamata

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 November 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206065240/george-arthur-bush

Cemetery

Te Aroha Cemetery AWMM

Grave reference

PLOT: Block 016, Plot 28

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 November 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206065240/george-arthur-bush

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/R21890531
  Further Reference
• Casualty Department Nominal Rolls of Service Personnel Returning to New Zealand Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/ACC080/searchnominal.htm
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24044549
  Further Reference
• Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
  https://www.cookislandsonlinecenotaph.com/
  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. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 98
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  44: 1
• 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. 3: 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.
  p. 105
• Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group.
  p.141
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.