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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Amos William Godsell |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Amos William |
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| Surname: |
Godsell |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
1/279 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| First Known Rank: |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
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| Next of Kin: |
- Miss E.M. Godsell, care of Mr McKeown, 16 Pitarua Street, Wellington, New Zealand
- Mrs Katherine McKeowen (sister), 50 Ohiro Road, Wellington, New Zealand
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| Marital Status: |
- Single
- Unknown marital status
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| Enlistment Address: |
- 210 Tinakori Road, Wellington, New Zealand
- Unknown address
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| Military District: |
- Wellington
- Unknown military district
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| Body on Embarkation: |
- Samoan Advance Party
- New Zealand Expeditionary Force
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| Embarkation Unit: |
- 5th (Wellington) Regiment
- 17th Reinforcements Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
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| Embarkation Date: |
- 15 August 1914
- 27 September 1916
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| Place of Embarkation: |
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Wellington, New Zealand
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
- Moeraki or Monowai
- Pakeha
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| Destination: |
- Apia, Samoa
- Devonport, England
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| Nominal Roll Footnotes: |
Ex Samoan Advance. |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
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| Campaigns: |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Wellington Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
Belgium |
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| Date of Death: |
7 June 1917 |
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| Age at Death: |
20 |
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| Year of Death: |
1917 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Memorial Name: |
Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Amos Godsell was the son of the late John and Margaret Godsell, of Kakahu, South Canterbury, New Zealand. Native of Auckland. Also served at Samoa. |
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| Description of Image: |
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 |
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| Additional Information: |
New Zealand at the Front ( a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division) 1917 issue, page141. |
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
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