Francis Leopold Flavell

Forenames

Francis Leopold AWMM

Surname

Flavell AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/1027 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

31 Jul 1890 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Waiuku, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Henry Flavell (father), Waiuku, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/1027 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1915-01 Aug 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 25 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti AWMM Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Machine Gun Squadron AWMM

According to the Official History, Trooper Flavell was buried at the Top of the Hill, half a mile West of Jaffa-Gaga Road, 1 mile west of Azin Kara, Palestine.

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

Death

14 Nov 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Ayun Kara Memorial (destroyed), Palestine AWMM
• Waiuku War Memorial Hall, Queen Street Waiuku 2123 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Waipipi Hall, 40 Creamery Road, Waipipi, South Auckland AWMM
• Waiuku War Memorial, George Street, Waiuku AWMM
• Waiuku War Memorial, George Street, Waiuku AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Powles, C.G. (1922). The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe and Tombs. Digitised copy on NZETC site.
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-Sina.html
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21003402
  Further Reference
• Luxford, J. (1923). With the machine gunners in France and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs. Digital copy
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-Mach.html
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Mounted Rifles website. Ayun Kara.
  http://www.nzmr.org/ayunkara.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/652358/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/652358
  Further Reference
• Powles, C.G. (Ed). (1928). History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-19. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210315175255/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1CMRi-t1-body.html
  Further Reference

References

• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 234
• Powles, C.G. (Ed). (1928). History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-19. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
  Ayun Kara Memorial (since destroyed) erected at the site of the original burials to remember those who died 14 November 1917. (1922), p. 264
• 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. 1: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• HMNZT 25. The Tahitian tatler : the unofficial organ of that portion of the Fifth Reinforcements on board H.M.N.Z.T. no. 25, Tahiti. (1915). Bombay, India: Printed by the Times Press for the Units of the Fifth New Zealand Reinforcements.