George AWMM

Eckford AWMM

WWI 15153 AWMM

Male AWMM

James Eckford (brother), Tokomaru Bay, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Army AWMM

WWI 15153 AWMM

British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

WW1 Unknown AWMM Constable/Military AWMM

WW1 26 Hōngongoi 1916 AWMM from AWMM
HMNZT 59 or HMNZT 60 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata or Ulimaroa AWMM Sergeant AWMM 15th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
Otago Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion AWMM

4 Whiringa ā-nuku 1917 AWMM
Age 26 AWMM
Ypres, Belgium AWMM

Killed in Action AWMM

Sergeant George Eckford, In yesterday's casualty list appeared the name of Sergeant George Eckford, who has been killed in action. Sergeant Eckford resigned from the Police Force to go to the war. For four years he was 'stationed in Oamaru, and while here earned a wide popularity. His parents reside in Edinburgh. The deceased has a brother in Tokomaru Bay. Previous to joining the Police Force, the deceased sergeant worked with his brother, who is a grocer. Sergeant Eckford left with the Fifteenth Reinforcements. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 May 2023 - THE FALLEN AND WOUNDED
NORTH OTAGO TIMES, VOLUME CVI, ISSUE 13965, 27 OCTOBER 1917, PAGE 3

• Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R20999975
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/847484/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/847484
  Further Reference

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
  37: 10 AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM