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English Māori

Guy Spencer de Mortlait Cheeseman

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Guy Cheeseman. Copied from photograph lent by Miss P. Grant-Taylor. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira PH-NEG-C27063. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Guy Cheeseman. Copied from photograph lent by Miss P. Grant-Taylor. Auckland War Memorial Museum - T …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Guy Spencer de Mortlait AWMM
  • Surname
    Cheeseman AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 7/922 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 8 May 1893 AWMM
    • 8 May 1893 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    8 May 1893 Public - Pip - Other relative - 6 July 2018 - Newspaper
    NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME XXX, ISSUE 9204, 19 MAY 1893, SUPPLEMENT
    https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18930519.2.75.28.1?items_per_page=100&page=4&phrase=2&query=T+F+cheeseman&sort_by=byDA&type=ARTICLE%2CILLUSTRATION
  • Place of birth
    Auckland, New Zealand Public - Pip - Other relative - 6 July 2018 - NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME XXX, ISSUE 9204, 19 MAY 1893, SUPPLEMENT
    https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18930519.2.75.28.1?items_per_page=100&page=4&phrase=2&query=T+F+cheeseman&sort_by=byDA&type=ARTICLE%2CILLUSTRATIONFamily papers
  • Birth notes
    Son of Thomas Frederick Cheeseman, Curator of Auckland Museum, & Rosetta Keesing. Sibling of Dorothy Public - Pip - Other relative - 6 July 2018 - Family papers
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Mokoiwi Station, Tuparoa, East Cape District, New Zealand AWMM
    • 1914 lived at Mokoiwi Station, Tuparoa, Bay of Plenty where he worked as a Station hand. Public - Pip - Other relative - 6 July 2018 - Electoral Roll 1914
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer at Kiripaka, Northland, New Zealand Public - Pip - Other relative - 6 July 2018 - Electoral Rolls
    Birth indexes
    Ancestry data
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    F.H. Cheeseman (father), Museum, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 17 April 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Married.
      Wife was Phyllis Eleanor Kemp, daughter of John Kemp b SA, Australia and Agnes Jean Jamieson of Christchurch Public - Pip - Other relative - 6 July 2018 - NEW ZEALAND TIMES, VOLUME XLIV, ISSUE 10374, 3 SEPTEMBER 1919
      https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19190903.2.26?items_per_page=100&phrase=2&query=guy+cheeseman&sort_by=byDA

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 7/922 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
    Post War Cardia debility AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • St. Aidans Church, 5 Ascot Avenue, Remuera, Auckland 1050 AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=21893731
    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: 122 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. 2: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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06 July 2018PipBrisbaneOther relative

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