Henry Steele Montgomery

Forenames

Henry Steele AWMM

Surname

Montgomery AWMM

Also known as

Harry Steele Montgomery AWMM

Service number

WWI 9/629 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Birth

25 Aug 1874 Military personnel file

Place of birth

Scotland

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 October 2025 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Hugh & Margaret MONTGOMERY

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 October 2025 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221355222/henry_steele-montgomery

Address before enlistment

WW1 22 Helena Street, South Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• WW1 Mrs F.M. Montgomery (wife), 13 Harrington Street, Port Chalmers, New Zealand AWMM
• WW1 Mrs Margaret Montgomery (mother), Harrington Street, Port Chalmers, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM
  Married with 6 children at enlistment AWMM
• Husband of Felicia Mary MONTGOMERY
  Father of 2 children
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 October 2025 - Military Record & https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221355222/henry_steele-montgomery

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 9/629 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal with oak leaf AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
  London Gazette 28 May 1918, p6204, Rec No 1962 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 11 Aug 1914 AWMM Soldier/Military AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
  HMNZT 5 or HMNZT 9 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay AWMM Sergeant Major AWMM Otago Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM
• WW1 26 Apr 1917-20 Jul 1917 AWMM
  HMNZT 84 AWMM Vessel was Turakina AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 17th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

• Apr 1918 AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Finger, France, admitted UK AWMM
• 14 Jun 1918 AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Gastritis AWMM
• 1 Mar 1919 AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Chronic gastritis AWMM

Last rank

WW1 8 May 1919 AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM

SuppNom: Ex Main Body. AWMM

Death

9 Apr 1953 AWMM
Age  78 AWMM

Cemetery

Andersons Bay RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 43S, Plot 15 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21376666
  Further Reference
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R24170617
  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

References

• 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. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 513
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  62: 38
• 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. 3: Includes portrait
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Information kindly provided by family
• This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020)
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• HMNZT 84 - The klink : a souvenir of the voyage of S.S. Turakina (H.M.N.Z.T. 84) April to July, 1917; and a history of the doings of the Left Wing of the 25th Reinforcements N.Z.E.F. on their way to the Front -- London : Printed by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. : 1917