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Daniel Ransfield

  • Service number
    WWI 16/588 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Daniel AWMM
  • Surname
    Ransfield AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 16/588 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
    Ngāti Raukawa ki Te Tonga AWMM
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    2 Sept 1893 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Manakau, Auckland Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of Issac Ransfield Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Manakau, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Isaac Ransfield (father), Manakau, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian - Gallipoli, Egyptian EF & Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/588 AWMM
  • Military service
    1914-1917 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    21yrs 5mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military Record

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Sep 1915 Shot gun wound to eye; Feb 1917 suffering from athritis Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military Record

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    • Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Shot in eye, hosp Egypt, invalided home March 17, discharged no longer physically fit, July 1917. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    30 September 1942 Public Source
  • Date of death
    30 September 1942 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military & BMD NZ Records
  • Age at death
    46yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military & BMD NZ Records
  • Place of death
    Palmerston North, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 26 February 2016 - Military & BMD NZ Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R20804171
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 603 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • Iwi, Hapū, Rohe and additional whakapapa information kindly provided from “Ngāti Raukawa and 20th century wars. Ngā Pakanga o Te Ao. Participation, Price, and Post-War Experience.” Research conducted by Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins (2022). Report commissioned by Crown Forestry Rental Trust, Wellington (Wai 2200 Porirua ki Manawatu Inquiry). AWMM

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26 February 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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