Albert Downes

Title

Private

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Forenames

Albert AWMM

Surname

Downes AWMM

Also known as

Al-bert Dowries AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/508 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

5 Jan 1887 Public Source

Date of birth

5 Jan 1887

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Place of birth

Gisborne, NZ

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Birth notes

Son of Mr. & Mrs. Henry Downes, of Kohukohu, Hokianga

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Matawai, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Henry Downes, sen. (father), Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 1st NZ Maori Contingent
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Service number

WWI 16/508 AWMM

Military service

Nov 1914 - Sept 1915

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Plaque & Scroll # 503498

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
• 30 Nov 1914 at Avondale
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Age on enlistment

27yr 11mths

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Occupation before enlistment

Station hand for W G Armstrong of Matawai

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Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM B Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of disease AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM

Albert Downes was the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Downes, of Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr H. Downes, Kohukohu, Hokianga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

9 Sept 1915 AWMM

Age at death

30yrs

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Place of death

Malta

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Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta AWMM B. IX. 6. AWMM

Obituary

PRIVATE A. DOWNES. Private Albert Downes, Maori contingent, who was reported to have died on September 9, of enteric fever, was a son of Mr. H. Dowries of Whangaroa. He was 30 years of age. A brother of the deceased, Trooper 0. Downes, left with the first reinforcements. The deceased was a great-great-grandson of the Ngapuhi chief, Hongi Hika.

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Memorial name

• Hokianga Arch of Remembrance, Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM
• Kohukohu Town Hall, 25 Beach Road, Kohukohu, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Whangaroa Memorial Hall, Leigh Street, Kaeo 0478 AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20998440
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130595.html
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Kohukohu First World War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/kohukohu-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/115139/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/115139
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference

References

• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 197
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.