William Arthur Greener Penlington
Born 8 Oct 1890 - Died 5 Aug 1982
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- WWI 23/1903 AWMM
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- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
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- William Arthur Greener AWMM
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- Penlington AWMM
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- WWI 23/1903 AWMM
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- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 8 Oct 1890 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 8 October 1890Public - Sarndra - 10 February 2019 - Mary Boyd. 'Penlington, William Arthur Greener', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4p7/penlington-william-arthur-greener
- Place of birth
- Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New ZealandPublic - Sarndra - 10 February 2019 - Mary Boyd. 'Penlington, William Arthur Greener', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4p7/penlington-william-arthur-greener
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- Post war occupation
- See biographical notes, not enough space in this fieldPublic - Sarndra - 10 February 2019 - .
- Next of kin
- Mrs Annie Penlington (mother), Training College, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
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Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
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- WWI 23/1903 AWMM
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Training and Enlistment
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Teacher/Civilian AWMM
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Embarkations
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- WW1 04 Mar 1916-08 Apr 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 47 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM 4th Reinforcements, 1st Battalion, E Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
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- Gassed at Messines (Mesen)Public - Sarndra - 10 February 2019 - Mary Boyd. 'Penlington, William Arthur Greener', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4p7/penlington-william-arthur-greener
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Biographical information
- Attended Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland).
William Arthur Greener Penlington enlisted as a Lieutenant in 1915. He was appointed to the rank of Temporary Captain in 1916 and in May the following year, became Captain. Following his return to New Zealand he remained with the military and attained the rank of Major when appointed to the position of Vocation Officer (NZ Defence) Auckland and then Director of Vocational Training in Wellington in 1920.
William Arthur Greener Penlington was a lecturer at Auckland Teachers’ College at the time of his enlistment. He served on the Western Front with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade and was wounded (gas shell) at Messines on 7th June 1917. He was hospitalised back to England and spent periods in the No 1 NZ General Hospital and at the NZ Convalescent Hospital at Hornchurch. It is very likely that he worked up some of his watercolour sketches while at Hornchurch. Towards the end of 1917 Penlington was classified medically unfit, and he returned to New Zealand on the Arawa in early 1918. Following his return he was (briefly) a science lecturer at the Training College before taking up vocational training with Defence in Auckland and Wellington. In 1922 hereturned to teaching as acting director of the Hastings Technical High School, and in 1926 was made headmaster of the school(reconstituted as Hastings Boys’ High Schoo)l, a position he held for 23 years. He died in 1982. AWMM - Post invalided home: Secretary, and later consul, to the military administration in Western Samoa.
1919: Director of vocational training for disabled servicemen (Wellington)
1922: Appointed acting director of the newly established Hastings Technical High School (23 yrs standing)Public - Sarndra - 10 February 2019 - Mary Boyd. 'Penlington, William Arthur Greener', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4p7/penlington-william-arthur-greener - William's probate is available: https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=23482248Public - Sarndra - 22 January 2019 - .
- Very good biography: https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4p7/penlington-william-arthur-greenerPublic - Sarndra - 22 January 2019 - Accessed on internet
- Attended Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland).
About death
- Death
- 5 Aug 1982 Public Source
- Date of death
- 5 August 1982Public - Sarndra - 22 January 2019 - Mary Boyd. 'Penlington, William Arthur Greener', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4p7/penlington-william-arthur-greener (accessed 22 January 2019)
- Age at death
- 91Public - Sarndra - 22 January 2019 - Deduction from birth date of 8 October 1890
- Place of death
- Hastings, North Island, New ZealandPublic - Sarndra - 22 January 2019 - Mary Boyd. 'Penlington, William Arthur Greener', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4p7/penlington-william-arthur-greener (accessed 22 January 2019)
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- Cremated; Hastings, New Zealand;Public - Sarndra - 10 February 2019 - Hastings City Council website; http://cemeterybase.hdc.govt.nz/Details.aspx?id=C12200
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Memorial
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Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20800311
Further Reference - Auckland University College Roll of Honour.
http://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/roll-of-honour/search?page=1057
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- HMNZT 42. The blast : the magazine of the Third Battalion of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. (1917). London: John Long Ltd. ; [On board ship] : [H.M.N.Z.T. No. 42, Ulimaroa]
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
26: 27 - A.U.C. roll of honour, 1914 - 1920. MSS & Archives E-2, Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services.
- Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
- HMNZT 47. The Willochra tatler, or, The unvarished truth of some companies of the 10th Reinforcements, N.Z.E.F. (1916). Christchurch, New Zealand: Christchurch Press Company Limited, printers.
- HMNZT 99 - Te huia : the magazine of the 33rd Reinforcement. Printed and published by the Argus Printing Company for the Executive Committee of "Te Huia," 33rd Reinforcements, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1918.
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