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Cenotaph record

English Māori

Joe Bristowe

  • Service number
    WWI 16/111 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 February 2016 - Military record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624. Cultural Permissions may apply.

New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckl …

Identity

About

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Joe AWMM
  • Surname
    Bristowe AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 16/111 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 February 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    14 April 1892 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Hicks Bay, East Coast Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Hick's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • D. Bristowe, Hick's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
    • brother - D Bristowe Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 February 2016 - Military Record
  • 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, Egyptain EF & Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 February 2016 - Military record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 February 2016 - Military record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/111 AWMM
  • Military service
    1914-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 February 2016 - Military record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    1914-1915 Star
    British War & Victory Medals Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 February 2016 - Military record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Labourer for T Hughes of Hicks Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    27yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    6 April 1974 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 February 2016 - Military record
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22279250
    Further Reference
  • Documents
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 78 AWMM
    • New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624. AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
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