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Auckland [3]

Dunedin [3]

Andersons Bay, Dunedin [1]

Ashburton [1]

Balclutha [1]

Broadfield, Lancashire [1]

Devonport Auckland [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Essex [1]

Hamilton [1]

Havelock, Marlborough, [1]

Hawera [1]

Kumeroa, Hawkes Bay [1]

Ophir, Central Otago [1]

Otara, Southland [1]

Riga [1]

Shetland Islands [1]

South Petherton, Somerset [1]

Sukkur Sibi, Baluchistan, India. [1]

Tendring, Essex [1]

Wellington [1]

Rank

Private [32]

Serjeant [20]

Corporal [19]

Lance Corporal [14]

Lieutenant [9]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Sapper [3]

Sergeant [3]

Captain [2]

Major [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Corporal Serjeant [1]

Driver Transport Serjeant [1]

Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Colonel (retired) [1]

Major (Lt-Col Reserve of Officers) [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Sub Lieutenant RNVR [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [469]

New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [15]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Machine Gun Battalion New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [3]

Machine Gun Battalion/New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [2]

New Zealand Force Machine Gun Corps [2]

2nd (Fife & Forfar) Armoured Car Co (Territorial Force) [1]

2nd NZ Machine Gun Coy [1]

4th New Zealand Contingent, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [1]

7th Dragoon Guards [1]

Auckland Mounted Rifles [1]

Auckland Regiment New Zealand Military Forces [1]

Canterbury Mounted Rifles [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Dunsterforce Armoured Car Brigade [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Motors) [1]

Machine Gun Squadron New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [1]

New Zealand Contingent Machine Gun Corps [1]

New Zealand Corps/Machine Gun Corps [1]

New Zealand Engineers [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Machine Gun Corps [1]

New Zealand Force/ Machine Gun Corps [1]

New Zealand Force/Machine Gun Corps [1]

New Zealand Forces [1]

New Zealand Local Forces [1]

New Zealand Machine Gun Corps, Naval Auxiliary Patrol Service [1]

New Zealand Machine Gun Corps, New Zealand Divisional Cavalry [1]

New Zealand Machine Gun Corps/Motor Machine Gun Service [1]

New Zealand Motor Machine Gun Corps [1]

New Zealand Mountain Rifles [1]

New Zealand Royal Engineers [1]

RNAS Armoured Car Division (Russia) [1]

Reserve of Officers [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Tank Corps [1]

Specialist Company 23rd Machine Gun Section [1]

Specialist Company 24th Machine Gun Section [1]

Wellingtons Regiment attached New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [1]

attached to the Durham Light Infantry [1]

attached to the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1]

Service

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [437]

British Army [73]

Royal Navy [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [72]

S [50]

B [49]

C [40]

H [38]

W [34]

G [26]

P [25]

A [22]

L [21]

T [21]

D [19]

F [19]

K [17]

J [14]

N [13]

R [10]

E [6]

O [6]

V [3]

I [1]

U [1]

Y [1]

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Military Service [508]

Country

New Zealand [17]

United Kingdom [2]

Belgium [1]

India [1]

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People [508] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Auckland [3] Dunedin [3] Andersons Bay, Dunedin [1] Ashburton [1] Balclutha [1] Broadfield, Lancashire [1] Devonport Auckland [1] Edinburgh [1] Essex [1] Hamilton [1] Havelock, Marlborough, [1] Hawera [1] Kumeroa, Hawkes Bay [1] Ophir, Central Otago [1] Otara, Southland [1] Riga [1] Shetland Islands [1] South Petherton, Somerset [1] Sukkur Sibi, Baluchistan, India. [1] Tendring, Essex [1] Wellington [1]

Rank

Private [32] Serjeant [20] Corporal [19] Lance Corporal [14] Lieutenant [9] Second Lieutenant [5] Sapper [3] Sergeant [3] Captain [2] Major [2] Transport Corporal [2] Trooper [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Corporal Serjeant [1] Driver Transport Serjeant [1] Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Colonel (retired) [1] Major (Lt-Col Reserve of Officers) [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant Major [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Sub Lieutenant RNVR [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [469] New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [15] Machine Gun Corps [5] Machine Gun Battalion New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [3] Machine Gun Battalion/New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [2] New Zealand Force Machine Gun Corps [2] 2nd (Fife & Forfar) Armoured Car Co (Territorial Force) [1] 2nd NZ Machine Gun Coy [1] 4th New Zealand Contingent, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [1] 7th Dragoon Guards [1] Auckland Mounted Rifles [1] Auckland Regiment New Zealand Military Forces [1] Canterbury Mounted Rifles [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Dunsterforce Armoured Car Brigade [1] Machine Gun Corps (Motors) [1] Machine Gun Squadron New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [1] New Zealand Contingent Machine Gun Corps [1] New Zealand Corps/Machine Gun Corps [1] New Zealand Engineers [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force Machine Gun Corps [1] New Zealand Force/ Machine Gun Corps [1] New Zealand Force/Machine Gun Corps [1] New Zealand Forces [1] New Zealand Local Forces [1] New Zealand Machine Gun Corps, Naval Auxiliary Patrol Service [1] New Zealand Machine Gun Corps, New Zealand Divisional Cavalry [1] New Zealand Machine Gun Corps/Motor Machine Gun Service [1] New Zealand Motor Machine Gun Corps [1] New Zealand Mountain Rifles [1] New Zealand Royal Engineers [1] RNAS Armoured Car Division (Russia) [1] Reserve of Officers [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Tank Corps [1] Specialist Company 23rd Machine Gun Section [1] Specialist Company 24th Machine Gun Section [1] Wellingtons Regiment attached New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [1] attached to the Durham Light Infantry [1] attached to the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1]

Service

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [437] British Army [73] Royal Navy [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [72] S [50] B [49] C [40] H [38] W [34] G [26] P [25] A [22] L [21] T [21] D [19] F [19] K [17] J [14] N [13] R [10] E [6] O [6] V [3] I [1] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [508]

Country

New Zealand [17] United Kingdom [2] Belgium [1] India [1]

J M Gordon

British Army 6/50 Serjeant Machine Gun Battalion New Zealand Machine Gun Corps

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J Horn

British Army 22979 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Battalion/New Zealand Machine Gun Corps

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Gerald Holmwood Anderson

British Army 7/642 Sapper Canterbury Mounted Rifles

British Army 7/642 Second Lieutenant New Zealand Forces

British Army Acting Major Machine Gun Corps

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D W Newell

British Army 11920 Private Wellingtons Regiment attached New Zealand Machine Gun Corps

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Basil Arthur Naden Woods

Born 1888

Died 1956

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 5597 New Zealand Machine Gun Corps

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant RNVR Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant RNVR RNAS Armoured Car Division (Russia)

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Basil Arthur Woods

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 13/228 Trooper New Zealand Mountain Rifles

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Frederick Allan Hellaby

British Army Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

British Army Major Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Auckland Regiment New Zealand Military Forces

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Michael Egan Lindsay

Born 1880

Died 1957

British Army Captain Dragoon Guards

Other Empire Force Lieutenant New Zealand Local Forces

British Army Second Lieutenant 7th Dragoon Guards

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