Neville Henry Arden
Born 5 Jan 1889 - Died 4 Oct 1917
- Service number
- WWI 23/1288 AWMM
- Also known as
- Nevile Henry AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Captain/Military AWMM Otago Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Neville Henry AWMM
- Surname
- Arden AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Nevile Henry AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 23/1288 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 5 Jan 1889 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Frankley Road, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs F.E. Arden (mother), Frankley Road, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 23/1288 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
Citation for Mentioned in Despatches (MID): "For conspicuous good work and devotion to duty since the arrival of the Battalion in France last April. 2nd Lieutenant Arden is Battalion Lewis Gun officer. He has trained and supervised both the Battalion and Company Lewis Gunners. He had charge of all the Lewis Guns in the trenches at Armentieres and throughout done excellent work, particularly on the march and under adverse road conditions. He has always been absolutely reliable, energetic and cool in the handling of the guns under fire and has shown administrative qualities above the average." (London Gazette, 4 January 1917, p. 261, Rec. No. 344) AWMM - Victory Medal AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 09 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 30 or HMNZT 31 or HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM D Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM
Prisoner of war
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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
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Captain/Military AWMM
Otago Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- "Entered camp as a private in one of the initial battalions of the N.Z. Rifle Brigade, but his ability soon earned him higher rank, and he left the country as 2nd Lieutenant. He came to the School at the beginning of 1901, and on leaving went into an architect’s office, where he met with considerable success, gaining several prizes in open competition. Apart from his ordinary work, he was an enthusiastic rifle shot and a good cricketer. After leaving New Zealand he took part in the Egyptian fighting, moving later with his battalion to France, where he saw practically all the fighting in which the New Zealanders were engaged, having only one short holiday in England. He was made a Captain some months later, an appointment that was most popular, as indicated by several letters received from those who served with him, which speak of his fine qualities and extraordinary cheerfulness under all circumstances. He fell on October 4th, 1917." (In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School])
Name is listed in the Nominal Roll as Nevile Henry Arden AWMM
About death
- Death
- 4 Oct 1917 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
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM IV.B.15. AWMM
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- Obituary
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
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Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7881264
Further Reference - Other military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22271530
Further Reference - Passchendaele Casualty form.
http://web.archive.org/web/20180129035740/http://www.archives.govt.nz/exhibitions/passchendaele/view?pid=archives:12347
Further Reference - Passchendaele Casualty form.
http://web.archive.org/web/20180129035740/http://www.archives.govt.nz/exhibitions/passchendaele/view?pid=archives:12347
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/461757/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/461757
Further Reference - Passchendaele Museum Profile
https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/1165
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
- Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 19 - In Memoriam, 1914-1918. (1919).Wanganui, N.Z.: Collegiate School.
- 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.
McDonald, H. (2001). p. 15. - 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.
Vol. 1: Includes portrait - Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.
- Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
- HMNZT 30 - The Periscope : unofficial mouthpiece of the 1st Battalion N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own) and Divisional Ammunition Column -- At sea : Officers & men of the Reinforcement : 1915
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