Edward Angel

Forenames

Edward AWMM

Surname

Angel AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/583 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

• 18 Jan 1895 AWMM
• 8 Jan 1893 Public Source

Date of birth

8 Jan 1893

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Place of birth

Matakohe, Northern Wairoa, Northland, NZ

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Birth notes

son of William Henry & Mary Angel

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Address before enlistment

WW1 Ruawai, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 W.H. Angel, Matakohe, Northern Wairoa, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• Egyptian - Gallipoli, Egyptian Ef & Western European
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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 1 NZ Maori Contingent
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Service number

WWI 16/583 AWMM

Military service

1915-1917

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Plaque & Scroll # 55335

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Enlistment

• WW1 Farmer/Civilian AWMM
• 4 Feb 1915 at Avondale
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Age on enlistment

22yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM A Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
• Sep 1915 - Hospitalized at Malta, slightly sick; Jan 1918 Died of wounds
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Last rank

WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

• Son of W H and Mary Angel of Matakohe, Kaipara.
  
  Also served at Gallipoli.
  
  Next of Kin: Mr W. H. Angel, Waihope. N. A. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
• Brother to Richard Angel # 16/434 & William Angel # 16/550
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Death

29 Dec 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM J2 AWMM

Memorial name

• Matakohe War Memorial, WW1, Matakohe, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22270644
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130571.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/446798/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/446798
  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
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  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: 17
• 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. 1: Includes portrait
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• 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.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.