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George Maxwell

  • Service number
    • WWI 16/671 AWMM
    • WWII 801012 AWMM
    • WWII: 801012 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - Military Record
    • WWII: NMR Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 494 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 494 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    George AWMM
  • Surname
    Maxwell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 16/671 AWMM
    • WWII 801012 AWMM
    • WWII: 801012 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    WWI: 1892; WWII: July 1895 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Clevedon, Auckland Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 April 2024 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LHQ2-FJ9/hori-george-maxwell-1887-1963
  • Birth notes
    son of Patrick & Sarah Maxwell Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    • Kahukura, New Zealand AWMM
    • WWII: Clevedon, Auckland Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs Hera Maxwell (mother), Port Awanui, New Zealand AWMM
    • WWII: Mrs Minnie Maxwell (Wife) Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 18 September 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
    • WWII: Married Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - Military Record
    • 1920 George MAXWELL married Te Minaora MOEKE Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 April 2024 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LHQ2-FJ9/hori-george-maxwell-1887-1963

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    • WWI: Egyptian, Egyptian EF, Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - Military Record
    • WWII: NZ Military Forces - Home Guard Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - Military Record
    • WWII: NMR Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    • WWI 16/671 AWMM
    • WWII 801012 AWMM
    • WWII: 801012 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Military service
    WWI: 1915-1919; WWII: 1940-1943 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
    • Military Medal (MM) AWMM
      London Gazette 28 January 1918, p1405, Rec No 1618 AWMM
    • 1914-1915 Star
      British War Medal
      Victory Medal
      (MM) Military Medal - awarded 1917 for acts of Gallantry in the field
      1939-1945 War Medal
      NZ War Service Medal Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - Military Record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 AWMM
    • WWI: 28 June 1915
      WWII: 23 May 1941 at Auckland Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - Military record
  • Occupation before enlistment
    WWI: Labourer
    WWII: Farmer Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    WWI: 23yrs; WWII: 46yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - Military record

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    WWI: Corporal
    WWII: Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 October 1963 Public Source
  • Date of death
    9 October 1963 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - BMD NZ Records & Military Record
  • Age at death
    74yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2016 - BMD NZ Records & Military Record
  • Place of death
    Townsville - Part B, Queensland, Australia. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 April 2024 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LHQ2-FJ9/hori-george-maxwell-1887-1963
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 494 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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05 April 2024Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
07 March 2016Lorraine M Gisborne, NZResearcher

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