Forenames

Claude Cecil AWMM

Surname

Avery AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/1544 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1 Nov 1875 Public Source

Date of birth

1 November 1875

Public - Peter - Researcher - 5 September 2017 - Military personnel file

Place of birth

Spring Grove

Public - Peter - Researcher - 5 September 2017 - Military personnel file

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Frankton, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Mary Ann Avery (mother), Shelbourne Street, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/1544 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 17 or HMNZT 18 or HMNZT 19 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 3rd Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Claude Avery was the son of John and Mary Ann Avery, of Spring Grove, Nelson. Also served in Egypt and Gallipoli.

Next of Kin: Mr B. R. Avery, Johannesburg, S. A. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

30 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age  41 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

War memorials at Brightwater and Spring Grove

Public - Peter - Researcher - 5 September 2017 - audit of regional war memorials combined with local research

Memorial name

• Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Hamilton Memorial Park, Memorial Drive, Hamilton East, 3216 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22275109
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1462855/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1462855
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 25
• 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.