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Charlie McManus

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  • Service number
    • WWI 16/1306 AWMM
    • WWII: 34750 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 3rd NZ Maori Pioneers Btn; WWII: 15th Forestry Coy Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
Lay a poppy
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charlie AWMM
  • Surname
    McManus AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 16/1306 AWMM
    • WWII: 34750 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Roman Catholic Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 March 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    30 June 1893 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    30 June 1893?? & 1896 (WWII: 13 June 1897) Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Waihopo, Bay of Islands Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of Hugh McManus Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Waihopo, Bay of Islands
    WWII: 29 Elgin Street, Grey Lynn Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
    Builder for Army Dept., Auckland Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • H. McManus (father), Waihopo, Bay of Islands, New Zealand AWMM
    • Wife: Florence Ethel McManus Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Relationship status
    single
    1925 Married Florence Ethel Backhurst Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 March 2016 - Military Record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    Egyptian, Egyptian EF & Western European; WWII: UK & USA Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 3rd NZ Maori Pioneers Btn; WWII: 15th Forestry Coy Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    • WWI 16/1306 AWMM
    • WWII: 34750 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Military service
    1915-1919; WWII: 1940-1944; Post War: Officer Reserves Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 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 9 December 1916, p12058, Rec No 217 AWMM
    • British War Medal
      Victory Medal
      Military Medal (MM) Oct 1916 awarded for act of bravery in the field
      NZ Defence Medal
      1939-1945 War Medal
      NZ War Service Medal Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 March 2016 - Military Record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
    • 9 Oct 1915 at Narrow Neck
      24 June 1940 at Trentham Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
    WWII: Builder Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    WWI: 20yrs; WWII: 42yrs 11mth Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 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
    June 1917: Wounded; Oct 1917 Wounded; Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 March 2016 - Military Record

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    WWI: 2nd Lieutentant
    WWII: Captain Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 March 2016 - Military record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    1978 Public Source
  • Date of death
    1978 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 March 2016 - BMD NZ Records
  • Age at death
    82yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 March 2016 - BMD NZ Records
  • Place of death
    NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 March 2016 - BMD NZ Records
  • 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
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R20549432
    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
      25: 1 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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14 March 2016Lorraine M Gisborne, NZResearcher

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