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William Paine

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  • Service number
    • WWI 26/1074 AWMM
    • 26/1074 Public - Leanne - Researcher - 27 August 2019 - Military file
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    • William AWMM
    • William John Public - Leanne - Researcher - 27 August 2019 - Ancestry, Death records.
  • Surname
    Paine AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 26/1074 AWMM
    • 26/1074 Public - Leanne - Researcher - 27 August 2019 - Military file
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1865 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1865 Public - Leanne - Researcher - 27 August 2019 - BDM records
  • Place of birth
    Auckland, New Zealand Public - Leanne - Researcher - 27 August 2019 - Military files.
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss Lilla Paine (daughter), Ashton Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Married Public - Leanne - Researcher - 27 August 2019 - Military records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 26/1074 AWMM
    • 26/1074 Public - Leanne - Researcher - 27 August 2019 - Military file
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Timber worker/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    40 however, his death age shows he was actually 51 and likely lied about his age to appear younger Public - Leanne - Researcher - 27 August 2019 - Military Files, Death record, Obituary

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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Married to Constance (d.1959) and had 6 children. Son Sydney Paine was killed at Gallipoli on 19 May 1915.
    When William died in Ashhurst in 1939 he appeared to be living alone and his family was in Auckland. Public - Leanne - Researcher - 27 August 2019 - Ancestry, Military records

Death

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  • Death
    4 August 1939 Public Source
  • Date of death
    4 August 1939 Public - Leanne - Researcher - 27 August 2019 - Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    73 Public - Leanne - Researcher - 27 August 2019 - Death records and Obituary
  • Place of death
    Palmerston North Hospital Public - Leanne - Researcher - 27 August 2019 - Death records
  • Cause of death
    Stomach Cancer Public - Leanne - Researcher - 27 August 2019 - Death records
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Ashhurst Cemetery, Manawatu Public - Leanne - Researcher - 27 August 2019 - Cemetery search
  • Grave reference
    Row 2 Public - Leanne - Researcher - 27 August 2019 - Cemetery search
  • Obituary
    With the passing, yesterday, at the Palmerston North Hospital of Mr William John Paine there has been removed one whose association with the Pohangina Valley was well known, as he conducted a general store at Raumai for a number of years. Mr Paine was a popular member of the community and will be missed by the settlers in the valley. He had an enviable war record, having enlisted at the age of 50 after his son [Sydney] had been killed o the Gallipoli Peninsula and served in Egypt and France as a sergeant in the Machine Gun Corps. He was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry on the field. In reunions of the corps he has been affectionally eferred to as the 'father of the corps' on account of his seniority in years. Public - Leanne - Researcher - 27 August 2019 - Manawatu Standard on Papers Past.
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21383423
    Further Reference
  • 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. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      24: 32 AWMM
    • The parting of the ways : a souvenir record of the triumphs, tribulations and maritime musings of returning draft H.M.N.Z.T No. 217, 'Zealandic'. January 18th, 1919 to February 26th, 1919. AWMM

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27 August 2019LeannePalmerston NorthResearcher

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