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Charles Treweeke Newton

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 537 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Treweeke AWMM
  • Surname
    Newton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Charles Treweek Hand Newton AWMM
    • Charles Treweeke Hand-Newton AWMM
    • Charles Treweeke Hand-Newton AWMM
    • Charles Treweek Newton AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 3/112A AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1883 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 5 August 1914 AWMM 15 Bealey Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs A.C. Newton (mother), 15 Bealey Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
      DSO citation: "For distinguished service in the field. (Sinai and Palestine)" (London Gazette, 17 December 1917, p13201, Rec No 1465) AWMM
    • 1914-1915 Star AWMM
    • British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
    • Victory Medal with oak leaf AWMM
    • Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Twice AWMM
      MiD. citation: "For gallant and distinguished conduct in the field or for other valuable services. General A.J. Murray's despatch dated 1st March 1917. (Commander-in-Chief, Egyptian Expeditionary Force)" (London Gazette, 6 July 1917, p6774) MiD. "For gallant and distinguished conduct in the field or for other valuable services. General A.J. Murray's despatch dated 28th June 1917. (Commander-in-Chief, Egyptian Expeditionary Force)" (London Gazette, 12 January 1918, p805) AWMM

Training and Enlistment

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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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Hand-Newton served as second-in-command (2I/C) of New Zealand Mounted Field Ambulance, 1914-1916

    Promoted to Lt Colonel and appointed Commanding Officer (CO) of NZ Mounted Field Ambulance, 1 March 1916

    Later Hand-Newton served as CO of New Zealand Stationary Hospital.

    Hand-Newton was the brother-in-law of Lord Rutherford of Nelson.

    Listed as NEWTON, Charles Treweek Hand by National Archives new Zealand. His middle name appears with various spellings published in Haigh and Polaschek as Treweeke; by McDonald as Treweeks and the WWI nominal rolls as Treweek. Birth and Death documents refer to him with the surname Newton, with the name Hand relegated to middle name status. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    25 February 1969 AWMM
    Age 84 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of death
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  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
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  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • 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. AWMM
    • Haigh, J., Polaschek, A. (Eds.). (1993). New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order. Christchurch, N.Z.: Authors. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 537 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. 4: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Pat Clarkson Medical Practitioner Research Project (January 2014 - March 2022). This project identified Medical Practioners who served in WWI. AWMM

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