Charles Jones

Forenames

Charles AWMM

Surname

Jones AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1453 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Place of birth

Manutuke, Gisborne

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 May 2023 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Mrs Paku Maraea Goldsmith (mother), Manutuke, Gisborne

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 May 2023 - Military Record

Address before enlistment

Occ. Stationhand for B J HOLDSWORTH at Waikohu, Gisborne

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 May 2023 - Military Record

Next of kin

Mrs Paku Maraea Goldsmith (mother), Manutuke, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 May 2023 - Military Record

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Battle of Messines AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1453 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Stationhand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 26 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 56 or HMNZT 57 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 4th Reinforcements, No. 2 Platoon AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Next of Kin: Mrs P. M. Goldsmith, Manutuke, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

23 Feb 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Berks Cemetery Extension, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM I. L. 22. AWMM

Obituary

Local soldiers whose names have appeared in recent casualty lists include Private Charles Jones, of the Maori contingent, next-of-kin, Paku Maraea Goldsmith, Manutuke, mother.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 August 2024 - Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4499, 16 March 1917, Page 4

Memorial name

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

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18054423
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130643.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/94662/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/94662
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  34: 40
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.