Herbert Whitburn

Forenames

Herbert AWMM

Surname

Whitburn AWMM

Service number

• WWI 2/284 AWMM
• WWI 12/284 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Green Lane, Ellerslie, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

John Whitburn, Great South Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 2/284 AWMM
• WWI 12/284 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Unknown AWMM Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

Herbert Whitburn was the son of John and Winifred Sarah Whitburn, of Massey Rd., Manurewa, Auckland, New Zealand. Native of Saltash, Cornwall, England. Also served at Gallipoli.

Serial Number is entered in Nominal Rolls as 2/284, as 12/284 in Archives New Zealand and on CWGC

Next of Kin: Mr J. Whitburn, Manurewa, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

16 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

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
• Greenlane Presbyterian Church, 211 Great South Rd, Greenlane 1051. Image provided by John Halpin 2014, CC BY John Halpin 2014 AWMM
• Manurewa War Memorial, Great South Road, Manurewa AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22018341
  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.
  Page No: 771
• Manukau courier
  10 April 2014, Family ties discovered.
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.