Forenames

Hugh Gordon AWMM

Surname

Haswell AWMM

Also known as

Tui AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/3161 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs E.M. Haswell (mother), 4 Monmouth Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/3161 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Sack dealer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 01 Apr 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 49 or HMNZT 50 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Trooper AWMM 11th Reinforcements, Auckland Mounted Rifles, A Squadron AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

Son of William Henry and Elizabeth Haswell of Auckland, New Zealand

Next of Kin: Mr W. H. Haswell, Mt Eden, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

14 Nov 1917 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel AWMM M. 34. AWMM

Obituary

HASWELL - In sad and loving memory of Hugh Gordon (Tui), dearly loved son of H. H. and G. M. Haswell, killed in action near Jaffa, Palestine, November 14, 1917. All honour give, to him who, nobly striving, nobly fell, In that full splendor of heroic pride, That we might live. Inserted by his loving parents, sisters and four brothers returned from active service.

Public - Sandra - Researcher - 16 December 2018 - Waipu Museum

Memorial name

• Ayun Kara Memorial (destroyed), Palestine AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Powles, C.G. (1922). The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe and Tombs. Digitised copy on NZETC site.
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-Sina.html
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16792920
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Mounted Rifles website. Ayun Kara.
  http://www.nzmr.org/ayunkara.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/652520/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/652520
  Further Reference
• Powles, C.G. (Ed). (1928). History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-19. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210315175255/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1CMRi-t1-body.html
  Further Reference

References

• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  28: 2
• Powles, C.G. (Ed). (1928). History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-19. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
  Ayun Kara Memorial (since destroyed) erected at the site of the original burials to remember those who died 14 November 1917. (1922), p. 264
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Reddiex, G.R. (2015). Just to let you know I’m still alive.
  Wellington NZ. Grantham House Publishing
  Public - Glenn - Researcher - 15 April 2019 - Postcard from the private collection of Glenn Reddiex, published in this book, page 169.