Search results Next record Previous record Māori Wilfred Courtney Sinel Born 1881 - Died 12 January 1970 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 12/293 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rank WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy 1/4 portrait of Corporal Sinel, probably Wilfred Courtney Sinel. (Photographer: Herman Schmidt, 1917 … View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesWilfred Courtney AWMM SurnameSinel AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 12/293 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth1881 AWMM New Zealand AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentWW1 Unknown AWMM 5 Peel Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM WW1 Unknown AWMM 5 Peel Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupationWharf worker/Civilian AWMM Next of kin on embarkationWW1 Thomas Edwin Sinel (father), 5 Queen's Wharf, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM WW1 Thomas Edwin Sinel (father), 5 Queen's Wharf, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM Pre 19 January 1917 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 12/293 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and AwardsCompanion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM London Gazette 02/12/1918 AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 Auckland, New Zealand AWMM WW1 Clerk AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 16 Oct 1914-3 December 1914 AWMM from Wellington, New Zealand AWMM to Suez, Egypt AWMM HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Major/Military AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM WW1 21 Jan 1917-27 March 1917 AWMM to Plymouth, Devon AWMM HMNZT 74 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Major/Military AWMM Headquarters Staff, Officer Commanding Reinforcement Draft AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notes Last known rank Contribute › Last rank Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Son of Eliza Sinel and Thomas Edwin Sinel.Husband of Annette Maud nee Maybury Sinel.Six sons, brothers: Edwin John Sinel (1/767, 8/2315, 12/2315); Hellier Godfrey Sinel (17830); Kenneth Sinel (18862); Philip Mathieson Sinel (33458); Roy Sinel (18061); Wilfred Courtney Sinel (12/293) served in WW1. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death12 January 1970 AWMM Age 89 AWMM Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes CemeteryWaikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Soldiers Ash Burial K Row 1b Plot 157 AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Wilfred Courtney Sinel by laying a poppy. Philip Matheson Sinel Roy Sinel Wilfred Courtney Sinel James Sines Walter Alfred Sines Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Wilfred Courtney Sinel Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects Waitemata wobbler : N.Z. Exped. Forces, XXI Reinforcement Library / Pictorial › publication [On board ship] D526.2 WAI Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=7817703 Further Reference Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz Sources Used Auckland Council. West (Waikumete) burial and cremation records search http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/parksfacilities/cemeteries/Pages/westcemeterysearch.aspx Sources Used DocumentsNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM Vol1: 666 AWMM New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM 52: 3 AWMM Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). 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