Donald Ferris

Title

Private

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Forenames

Donald AWMM

Surname

Ferris AWMM

Also known as

Don-ald Ferris AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/519 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

• Church of England, Christian AWMM
• Church of England
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Birth

15 Oct 1889 Public Source

Date of birth

15 October 1881

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Place of birth

Gisborne

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Birth notes

Son of Captain Charles William FERRIS, Licensed Interpreter

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

C.W. Ferris (father), Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• Gallipoli
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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZEF
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Service number

WWI 16/519 AWMM

Military service

• 1915
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• 1st NZ Maori Contingent
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Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star
  British War & Victory Medals
  Plaque & Scroll # 504045
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• 1915 Star
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Military training

Sergt in the Te Aute College Cadets

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
• 4 January 1915 at Avondale Military Camp
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Age on enlistment

25 yrs

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Occupation before enlistment

Farmer

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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

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM

Son of Mr and Mrs C. W. Ferris of Gisborne, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr C. W. Ferris, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

8 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Turkey AWMM Special Memorial B. 16. AWMM

Obituary

see document attached - Private Donald Ferris: Newspaper items of Private Donald Ferris and his obituary

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Memorial name

Gisborne's War Memorial

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Memorial name

• St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
• 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/R21003020
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130602.html
  Further Reference
• 'Tikitiki church war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/tikitiki-church-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-Oct-2014
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/605830/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/605830
  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.
  Vol1: 228
• 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.
• 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.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.