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George Robert Dansey

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  • Service number
    WWI 33004 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Full length portrait of 2nd Lieutenant George Robert Dansey, Reg No 33004, of the Maori Contingent, 14th Reinforcements. New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion. (Photographer: Herman Schmidt, 1917). Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 31-D2737. No known copyright.

Full length portrait of 2nd Lieutenant George Robert Dansey, Reg No 33004, of the Maori Contingent, …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    George Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Dansey AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 33004 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    26 March 1878 AWMM Rotorua, Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of birth
    26 March 1878 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Rotorua, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of Roger Delamere Dansey and Wikitoria Ngamihi nee' Kahuao. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Disraeli St, Auckland Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Roger Delamere Dansey (father), Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military record
  • Service number
    WWI 33004 AWMM
  • Military service
    1916-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    37yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record

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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    WWI: Captain
    1920 Reserve Officers: Lieutenant Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    2 May 1960 AWMM
    Ngongotaha, Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of death
    May 4th 1960 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military record & Research
  • Age at death
    82yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military record & Research
  • Place of death
    Ngongotaha, Rotorua Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military record & Research
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    He was buried in Muruika Cemetery behind St Faith's Church at Ohinemutu, Bay Of Plenty Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military record & Research
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  • Obituary
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • George dansey is my great grandfather he is my nannies biological father Roger dansey is my great great grandfather
    Public - Selena karena - Other Relative - 18 July 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R20995203
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      55: 38 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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22 January 2017Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher
18 July 2015Selena karena hawera new Zealand Other Relative

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