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George Hurrell

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 31), Page: 12 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 31), Page: 12 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    George AWMM
  • Surname
    Hurrell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10603 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 April 1895 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Tonga Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - Military record
  • Birth notes
    son of James and Amelia Hurrell nee Lomu of Ha’apa, Friendly Islandsi Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - Military record
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre 12 January 1916 AWMM c/o Mrs Phelan, Great North Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 James Hurrell (father), Haapai, Tonga, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - Military record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 12 January 1916 AWMM Boat builder/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Tuberculosis AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • "On 13 July 1918, whilst serving in France George Hurrell fell ill with influenza. This developed into pleurisy with effusion so he was admitted to No.1 NZGH on 2 December. He died of tuberculosis of the lung on 2 December." (Church, p.142)

    Next of Kin: Mr G. Hurrell, Haapai, Tonga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    2 December 1918 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Brockenhurst, Hampshire AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Hampshire, England AWMM Plot A, Row 2, Grave 21 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    George Hurrel was the son of James and Amelia Hurrell nee Lomu of Ha’apai. He was a boat builder born on April 1, 1898 although he gave the date as 1895 on his enlistment papers. He died of influenza while serving in France in July 1918. His father in Tonga received his medals- the British war medal and the Victory Medal in 1921 and 1922 respectively. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 16 October 2024 - https://kanivatonga.co.nz/2018/04/tongans-remember-volunteers-from-the-islands-who-served-in-first-world-war
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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  • To My Uncle George - even though we did not meet in this lifetime you are forever in my heart. I will be forever in your debt, you gave your life for my freedom. Until we meet again. Your loving niece.
    Public - Tinalasa - Direct descendant - 30 September 2016
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  • I am George's great-great niece! I do not know much about George. I didn't realise he did not make it back home and died over in England of the influenza. How lonely you must've felt so far away from home, away from family. I couldn't even begin to imagine. I am here for our 4th Dawn Parade at the museum in Auckland. I am here with my husband James, my children Charlotte and Karl (George would be their great-great-great uncle). Thank you George for you contribution to the war. x Jen Hurrell
    Public - Stuart - Direct descendant - 25 April 2016
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • Church, C. (2002). New Zealand graves at Brockenhurst : 93 New Zealand soldiers remembered from World War One. Hampshire, England: Author. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      31: 12 AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM
    • Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • X Public - stella - Other relative - 3 February 2019 - FAMILY PAPERS

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
16 October 2024Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
03 February 2019stellaAuckland Other relative
10 December 2018JulianaAuckland, New ZealandResearcher
30 September 2016TinalasaLondon EnglandDirect descendant
25 April 2016Stuartauckland, new zealandDirect descendant

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