Roy Delaney

Title

Lance Corporal

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Forenames

Roy AWMM

Surname

Delaney AWMM

Also known as

Albert Roy DELANEY

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Service number

WWI 16/509 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Roman Catholic

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Birth

30 May 1896 Public Source

Date of birth

30 May 1892 (actually 30 May 1896)

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Place of birth

Wellington

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Birth notes

son of James & Mary Delaney

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Address before enlistment

• Unknown AWMM Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
• Te Karaka, Gisborne
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Next of kin

• Miss Beatrice Delaney (sister), Te Karaka, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
• Miss Beatrice Delaney (sister), Te Karaka, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
• Pre 06 May 1916 AWMM Unknown Marital Status AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian - Gallipoli, Egyptian EF & Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 1st NZ Maori Contingent & 4th NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion & NZ Engineers
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Service number

WWI 16/509 AWMM

Military service

1914-1919

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Unknown AWMM Stationhand/Civilian AWMM
• 10 Oct 1914 -Avondale M C
  30 Mar 1916 - Narrow Neck
  6 Feb 1918 transferred to NZ Engineers
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Age on enlistment

1914: 22yrs 6mths

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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 Not known AWMM
• WW1 27 Mar 1915-03 Apr 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 16 AWMM Vessel was Talune AWMM Private AWMM Infantry AWMM Samoan Relief Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM
• WW1 06 May 1916-21 Jun 1916 AWMM
  HMNZT 52 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Private AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
  3rd Embarkation AWMM

Death

1982 Public Source

Date of death

1982

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Age at death

85yrs

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Place of death

NZ

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Death notes

Albert Roy Delaney died in 1982 aged 85yrs (born 30 May 1896)

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Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20996499
  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

• HMNZT 52.The bugle call of the 12th NZ Reinforcements : being the souvenir number of The Mokoia chronicle.(1916). On board ship: Published on board H.M.N.Z. Transport no. 52 "S.S. Mokoia".
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 183
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  31: 26
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• 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.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.