Percival Beaumont Greenhough
Born 1 Apr 1872 - Died 23 Jun 1933
- Service number
- WWI 2/832 AWMM
- Also known as
- Greenhaugh AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Captain/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Percival Beaumont AWMM
- Surname
- Greenhough AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Greenhaugh AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 2/832 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 1 Apr 1872 Military Personnel file
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Pre 16 Nov 1914 AWMM Lillington Road, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
- Manager/Civilian AWMM
Defiance Factory in Newton AWMM - Next of kin
- WW1 Mrs P.B. Greenhough (wife), Lillington Road, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Dec 1914 AWMM Married AWMM
Married to Florence Mabel Dennis and had two children, Harry Percival Greenhough born May 1902 and Zoe Frances Rowney born May 1912. AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 2/832 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 16 Nov 1914 AWMM Clothing Manufacturer/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- Pre WW1/Regular Military Service Vessel was Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter AWMM 2nd Reinforcements AWMM
- WW1 14 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 13 or HMNZT 14 or HMNZT 15 AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- 4 Jul 1915 AWMM Medical, WWI AWMM
Contracted grasto-enteritis while in Alexandria. 19th General Hospital or Deaconness Hospital, Alexandria. AWMM - 6 Mar 1916 AWMM Medical, WWI AWMM
Invalided back to New Zealand with Enteric fever in March 1916. AWMM
- 4 Jul 1915 AWMM Medical, WWI AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 3 Jul 1916 AWMM
Invalided to New Zealand, struck off strength AWMM
Captain/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Husband of Florence Mabel; father of Henry (Harry) Percival ( born 1902) and Zoe Francis Rowney (born 1912).
Name is Greenhough. Surname mispelt on the Nominal Rolls, as Greenhaugh.
Greenhough created the two volume leather-bound Auckland Provincial Roll of Honour for those who registered in the Auckland Province and died in World War One. This Roll of Honour can be viewed in the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Rolls of Honour at Auckland Museum
Auckland War Memorial Museum has many Rolls of Honour in its collection. Auckland War Memorial Museum's Hall of Memories is a physical Roll of Honour - it forms part of the building itself.
Many organisations have been digitising existing rolls and commemorating service people online. Auckland Museum's Online Cenotaph is an example of a digital Roll of Honour.
The Auckland Roll of Honour
In the World War One Sanctuary there are two parchment Rolls of Honour on display. They are housed in two bronze caskets. The Rolls of Honour were handwritten by Major Percival Beaumont Greenhough and include the names of those who died in the "Great War" who registered in the Auckland Province. It includes the regimental number, rank, unit and "honours the next of kin of the fallen".
Louise Tilsley (1898-1983), a calligraphic artist, created the gold-leafed frontispieces for the books. She was also responsible for creating many illuminated addresses to Returned Servicemen. Mrs Tilsley was wife of Lieut. Col. Robert Tilsley, M.C., D.C.M.
The caskets were designed and cast by local sculptor Richard Oliver Gross (1882-1963).
Gross was a leading figure in the Auckland arts community and "made a major contribution to public sculpture in New Zealand between the wars" (Jock Phillips, Te Ara). His other works include the stone frieze that wraps around the Museum building and the bronze statue, 'The Athlete', on the Domain Gates.
Auckland Museum's Documentary Heritage Collection holds the business records of the Auckland Provincial Roll of Honour Committee. This collection includes receipts and correspondence to Greenhough, Tilsley and Gross as well as correspondence between the committee and the Museum's Institute for the purchase of the volumes." Excerpt from Passau, Victoria and Robinson, Philippa. Auckland Roll of Honour. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 18 January 2016. Updated: 11 March 2016. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 23 Jun 1933 AWMM
Age 62 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- RSA Section, Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland AWMM
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Memorial
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Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military Personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24098177
Sources Used - Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16788722
Further Reference - Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Sources Used - Bayer, K. (25 May 2015). WWI: Honour roll tribute to campaigner. New Zealand Herald.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11454024
Sources Used - 'Captain P.B. Greenhough', The Press, 12 July 1915.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19150712.2.26.1
Further Reference
- Military Personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 282 - The New Zealand Herald
The War Memorial: Vellum Rolls Prepared. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21301, 30 September 1932, p.10 - The New Zealand Herald
Obituary: Major P. Greenhough. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21526, 24 June 1933, p.14. - 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 - Information kindly provided by family
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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