Henry Ernest Metcalfe

Forenames

Henry Ernest AWMM

Surname

Metcalfe AWMM

Service number

WWI 4/1225 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

29 Dec 1879 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Henry Hulbert Metcalfe (father), Palmerston Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 18 Dec 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Battle of Arras AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 4/1225 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 Ruapehu 18 December 1915 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM Headquarters, No. 3 Relief AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lieutenant/Military AWMM
New Zealand Engineers AWMM

Lieutenant Metcalfe was the son of Henry Hulbert Metcalfe, M.I.C.E., and Jessie Metcalfe, of Auckland, New Zealand.

Attended Auckland Grammar School.

Next of Kin: Mr H. H. Metcalfe, Hall Avenue, Remuera (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

13 Apr 1917 AWMM
Age  38 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM V. A. 3. AWMM

Obituary

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. 1917. AWMM

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/R21374836
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/574493/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/574493
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 500
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  1916, Second term. p.13.
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  1916, Third term. pp.40-41.
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Obituary: 1917.
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.