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George Arthur Bush

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Photograph of the New Zealand officers of the Rarotongan Company after being formally welcomed onto the island, March 1919. From left to right, Lieutenant Bertram Gibbons, Captain George Arthur Bush and Lieutenant Bartholomew Tangney. Original image kindly provided by the Sedon family and the colourised photograph kindly provided by Bobby Nicholas, Paula Paniani and Cate Walker, Cook Islands WW1 NZEF ANZAC Soldiers Research Project. Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Photograph of the New Zealand officers of the Rarotongan Company after being formally welcomed onto …

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  • Birth
    26 December 1879 AWMM
  • Date of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
    • WW1 Pre 16 June 1915 AWMM Paeroa, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW1 Paeroa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • 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 September 1915 AWMM Married AWMM
      Married, 1 child AWMM
    • Pre 16 November 1916 AWMM Married AWMM

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  • Husband of Adeline Muriel nee Dempsey married March 1910.

    His father was named Robert Smelt Bush. AWMM

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    Te Aroha Cemetery AWMM
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    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 98 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      44: 1 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. 3: 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. AWMM
      p. 105 AWMM
    • 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. AWMM
      p.141 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM
    • 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. AWMM

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10 April 2024Lorraine Mona GisborneResearcher
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