Frederick Harold Mintrom
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- WWI 26363 AWMM
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- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
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- Frederick Harold AWMM
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- Mintrom AWMM
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- WWI 26363 AWMM
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- W.E. Mintrom (father), Waimangaroa, Westport, New Zealand AWMM
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Wars and conflicts
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- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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- 1918 AWMM Le Quesnoy AWMM
- 1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM
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- WWI 26363 AWMM
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- Military Cross (MC) AWMM
London Gazette 2 April 1919, p4337 Citation, London Gazette 10 December 1919, p15399 For conspicuous gallantry and initiative east of Le Quesnoy on 4th November 1918. He commanded a section of machine-guns attached to an assaulting battalion of Infantry, and led forward two guns with the leading waves of the right leading company in the attack. By engaging strong enemy oppositions he assisted the advance of Infantry, and he took up a well-chosen position on the objective gained. AWMM - Military Medal (MM) AWMM
London Gazette 17 December 1917, p13201, Rec No 1269 In operations at Ypres on 4th and 5th October 1917. This NCO took charge of the section when his officer became a casualty. He led his guns to their objectives and showed great ability and initiative in sighting them in their final positions. His splendid example to his men attributed greatly to the success of the operations. AWMM - Victory Medal AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Military Cross (MC) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
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- WW1 Clerk AWMM
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Embarkations
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- WW1 26 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 56 or HMNZT 57 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Sergeant AWMM 14th Reinforcements, New Zealand Engineers AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
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Biographical information
- "A brave and quick-thinking soldier: 2nd Lieutenant Frederick Harold Mintrom
A courageous and determined soldier, 2nd Lieutenant Frederick Harold Mintrom was awarded a Military Cross for his duty on active service.
A number of New Zealand soldiers who fought at Passchendaele were later honoured with medals for their gallantry and quick thinking, such as Mintrom, who is remembered by the courage and initiative he showed at Passchendaele:
"East of Le Quesnoy on November 4th, 1918, 2nd-Lieut. Frederick H. Mintrom, M.M., N.Z.M.G. Corps, commanded a section of machine-guns attached to an assaulting battalion of infantry and led forward two guns with the leading waves of the right leading company in the attack. By engaging strong enemy opposition he assisted the advance of the infantry, and he took up a well-chosen position on the objective gained". Coombe, Sophie. Remembering New Zealand’s ‘Darkest Day’ . Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 10 October 2017. Updated: 12 October 2017. AWMM
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Sources
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- Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24061739
Further Reference - Coombe, Sophie. Remembering New Zealand’s ‘Darkest Day’ . Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 10 October 2017. Updated: 12 October 2017.
URL: www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/remembering-nzs-darkest-day
http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/remembering-nzs-darkest-day
Further Reference
- Military Personnel File
- References
- Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
- Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
- 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.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
34: 23 - 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. 2: Includes portrait - Pugsley, C. (2018). Le Quesnoy, 1918 : New Zealand's Last Battle. Auckland, New Zealand : Oratia.
- The Le Quesnoy Campaign research was undertaken by the New Zealand Society of Genealogists as part of the development of New Zealand Liberation Museum - Te Arawhata (Le Quesnoy France). This research project was led by CJ Barbour (NZSG), BI Silvester, HH Farrant (NZMHS) with the support of NZSG volunteers (2022). The individuals included in this research dataset were identified as potentially having served in or around the wider Le Quesnoy campaign. Their presence at Le Quesnoy has not been individually verified in every case.
- Annabell, N. Official History of the New Zealand Engineers during the Great War 1914–1919. Wanganui: Evans, Cobb & Sharpe, 1927.
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