Fred Waite
Born 21 Aug 1885 - Died 29 Aug 1952
- Service number
- WWI 4/448 AWMM
- WWI 40017 AWMM
- Also known as
- Frederick Waite AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
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- War
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Fred AWMM
- Surname
- Waite AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Frederick Waite AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 4/448 AWMM
- WWI 40017 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 21 Aug 1885 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Waiwera South, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
- Balclutha, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
- Jayforce Balclutha, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
- Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- Next of kin
- Mrs Ada Philipson Waite (wife), Waiwera South, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
- Mrs Ada Philipson Waite (wife), Balclutha, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
- Jayforce Mrs Ada Philipson Waite (wife), Galsgow Street, Balclutha, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Married AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 4/448 AWMM
- WWI 40017 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
- 1939-1945 Star AWMM
- Africa Star AWMM
- Italy Star AWMM
- Defence Medal AWMM
- War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
- King George V Silver Jubilee Medal 1935 AWMM
- Coronation Medal 1937 AWMM
- Colonial Auxiliary Forces Decoration AWMM
- New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal AWMM
- New Zealand Territorial Service Medal AWMM
- Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
London Gazette 3 June 1915, p5331 Citation 3 July 1915, p6540 Citation 3 July 1915, p6540 DSO. Citation: "For gallantry and devotion to duty in connection with the operations at the Darddanelles (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force). On the night of 2-3 May 1915 during the operations in the neighbourhood of Gape Tepe for gallantry and resource in rallying his men, and leading them forward at critical moments." (Haigh, J., Polaschek, A. (compilers). (1993)) AWMM - Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
London Gazette 5 August 1915, p7668 AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- WW2 Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- Jayforce Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 3 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Engineers AWMM Main Body AWMM - WW2 Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM Headquarters, 2 Divisional Base AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM - Jayforce Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM Headquarters, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Base AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
3rd Embarkation AWMM
- WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Wounded at Gallipoli AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
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- Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of George Waite and Isabella Edington Curry Waite.
Husband of Ada Philipson nee Taylor, they married in 15 May 1912
Possibly enlisted in England at the beginning of WW2
Colonel and Commissioner New Zealand Patriotic Fund Board in the Middle East 1940-1944 AWMM
About death
- Death
- 29 Aug 1952 AWMM
- Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
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- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Death notice: Otago Daily Times, 30 August 1952 AWMM
- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24064316
Further Reference - Wikidata Entity
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5496492
Further Reference - J Force Wikipedia Page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Force
Further Reference - Romano, G. (2021, March 4). Jayforce: 75 years on. Auckland War Memorial Museum – Tāmaki Paenga Hira.
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/jayforce
Further Reference
- Military Personnel File
- References
- 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.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 748 - Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 14: WW2 101 - Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 16: WW2 137 - Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Haigh, J., Polaschek, A. (Eds.). (1993). New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order. Christchurch, N.Z.: Authors.
Haigh, J., Polaschek, A. (compilers). (1993). p. 268 - McDonald, W. (2001). Honours and awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. Napier, N.Z.: Helen McDonald.
McDonald, W. (2001). p. 329 - Orange, C. (Ed). (1998). The Dictionary of New Zealand biography. 1921-1940 (Vol. 4). Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland University Press : Department of Internal Affairs.
- Otago Daily Times
Death notice: Otago Daily Times, 30 August 1952 - Frederick Waite photographic collection. (1915-1916). Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira. D531.T9 G169w.
AWMM More photographs of Fred Waite and the Gallipoli campaign can be found in the Pictorial Collections of the Auckland War Memorial Museum - 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 - Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press.
- Parr, A. (2012). The occupiers : New Zealand veterans remember post-war Japan. Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin.
- Cody, J.F. (1961). New Zealand Engineers, Middle East. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
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