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Arthur Rogers Coventry

  • Service number
    WWI 55587 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 3rd New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade Public - Trent - Direct descendant - 9 November 2020 - Archives New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; Series Number: 18805
  • Last rank
  • War
    • World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
    • Western Front - 4th Oct 1917 - 5th Feb 1918 Public - Trent - Direct descendant - 9 November 2020 - Archives New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; Series Number: 18805
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3/4 portrait of Rifleman Arthur Rogers Coventry, Reg No 55587, of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, - G Company. (Photographer: Herman Schmidt, 1917). Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 31-C3337. No known copyright.

3/4 portrait of Rifleman Arthur Rogers Coventry, Reg No 55587, of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, - G …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur Rogers AWMM
  • Surname
    Coventry AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 55587 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican Public - Trent - Direct descendant - 9 November 2020 - Ancestry.com. New Zealand, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    11 May 1894 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    11 May 1894 Public - Trent - Direct descendant - 9 November 2020 - Ancestry.com. New Zealand, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
  • Place of birth
    Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand Public - Trent - Direct descendant - 9 November 2020 - Ancestry.com. New Zealand, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
  • Birth notes
    Father - Gilbert Walter Coventry
    Mother - Margaret Hood Clarke Milligan Public - Trent - Direct descendant - 9 November 2020 - Ancestry.com. New Zealand, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
  • Address before enlistment
    Brightwater, Nelson Public - Trent - Direct descendant - 9 November 2020 - Ancestry.com. New Zealand, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
  • Post war occupation
    Unknown Public - Trent - Direct descendant - 9 November 2020 - Ancestry.com. New Zealand, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs T. Faireweather (sister), East Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single at time of attestation in Nelson for general service. Public - Trent - Direct descendant - 9 November 2020 - Ancestry.com. New Zealand, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    • World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
    • Western Front - 4th Oct 1917 - 5th Feb 1918 Public - Trent - Direct descendant - 9 November 2020 - Archives New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; Series Number: 18805
  • Campaign
    Battle of Broodseinde, Battle of Passchendaele Public - Trent - Direct descendant - 9 November 2020 - https://www.fieldsofremembrance.org.nz/research/World+War+One+Key+Dates.html
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 3rd New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade Public - Trent - Direct descendant - 9 November 2020 - Archives New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; Series Number: 18805
  • Service number
    WWI 55587 AWMM
  • Military service
    Foreign Service: 1 year 56 Days Public - Trent - Direct descendant - 9 November 2020 - Archives New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; Series Number: 18805
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
    Wounded in Action - 2nd Dec 1917 Public - Trent - Direct descendant - 9 November 2020 - Archives New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; Series Number: 18805

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    22 years 11 months Public - Trent - Direct descendant - 9 November 2020 - Archives New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; Series Number: 18805

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    • WW1 15 Aug 1917-2 October 1917 AWMM to Glasgow, Scotland AWMM

      HMNZT 92 AWMM Vessel was Ruahine AWMM Rifleman AWMM
    • He was in the 29th Reinforcements of the 3rd New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade Public - Trent - Direct descendant - 9 November 2020 - Ancestry.com. New Zealand, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.

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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • 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
      70: 28 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

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09 November 2020TrentCleveland, AustraliaDirect descendant

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