William Angel
Born 16 Dec 1894
- Service number
- WWI 16/550 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 16 Dec 1894 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
- Matakohe, Northern WairoaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 7 April 2024 - Military Record
- Birth notes
- Son of William henry & Mary ANGEL of MatakohePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 7 April 2024 - Military Record
- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Matakohe, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 W.H. Angel, Matakohe, Northern Wairoa, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/550 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Farm hand/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- 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
Prisoner of war
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- Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history
- Medical notes
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Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 10 May 1916 AWMM
Medically unfit for War Service AWMM
Private AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Letter from Willie Angell to his cousin Charles Angell:
2ndMilitary War Hospital
Holly Moor,
North Field,
Birmingham.
18-10-15
Dear Cousin,
You will be surprised to hear from me but I wrote to your mother and she was kind enough to give me your address and having nothing to do just now I thought I would scribble you a few lines. This is my first visit to England and I am glad to say I like it very much and hope to see a great deal of it before I leave. I don’t know whether you knew that you had relatives in New Zealand. Your father was my father’s brother. When the war began I enlisted and came to that nice little place called the Dardanelles and I can tell you we had quite a lively time there but I had the bad luck to get a piece of shrapnel in my right hand. It was thought at first that I should lose my right hand but I wouldn’t let them take it off but they took one of my fingers the middle one but my hand is almost well. I expect to be out of the hospital in another week. I hope so at anyrate as I am tired and sick of this life. I have never been shut up so long in my life but of course we get splendid treatment here but I would sooner be back in the firing line than be shut up here for weeks at a time. Some people came last week with a motor and took some of us for a drive. It was grand. I never enjoyed a ride so much before and I think England a very pretty place. Of course we didn’t go far, only through Birmingham and North Field but it was nice. I have promised to go and see your mother when I get furlow. I am getting fourteen days. I should like to see you if I can. After that I suppose I shall very likely go to France. I would much sooner go to France than back to the Dardanelles. For one reason I want to see France and if I get there I shall be satisfied. I only had my finger taken off last Thursday, week tomorrow and my hand is rather stiff and a little painful at times but the stitches are making it sore. I have another brother wounded in Malta and another in the peninsular so you can see that there are three of us. Perhaps you will get tired of reading this scribble. I think I will close. Hoping you are in the best of health. Excuse my scribble. Wishing you will reply I remain yours Cousin,
Willie Angell
Private W Angell
16/550 Holly Moor
North Field
Birmingham AWMM - 16/550 Pte ANGEL, William s Matakohe, Farm Labourer 3rd Rf A Coy 1st Maori Contingent Wiliiam Henry Angel (father) Matakohe (AWN 23/3/16) Angel, William. Returning shortly to NZPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 April 2024 - Northland Military Records WWI
- Letter from Willie Angell to his cousin Charles Angell:
About death
- Death
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- Age at death
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- Cause of death
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- Cemetery
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- Obituary
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Memorial
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Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22270647
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
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 17 - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- 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.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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