Trentham Military Camp Influenza Victims (Trentham Military Hospital and Trentham Military Camp Isolation Cottage Hospital)

Trentham Military Camp Influenza Victims (Trentham Military Hospital and Trentham Military Camp Isolation Cottage Hospital) Like most districts in New Zealand Upper Hutt was affected by the 1918 Influenza pandemic also known as the Spanish flu. Situated near Upper Hutt was the Trentham Military camp. Trentham had regular contact with the Featherston Military camp where the Influenza epidemic was rife. As a result the citizens of Upper Hutt were in real danger of contracting Influenza. Around the middle of 1915 Trentham military Camp was occupied by over 7,000 men and as a result there was an early outbreak of influenza and other respiratory diseases resulting in the deaths of 33 service personnel. This early outbreak could not be compared to the later 1918 Influenza pandemic but some lesson were learnt and assisted with the later outbreak. Many believe that the ship S.S. Niagara bought the Influenza epidemic to New Zealand. She sailed on the 10 July 1918 with New Zealand soldiers aboard as well as the Prime Minister Mr Massey and Minister of Finance Sir J G Ward. The 1918 Parliamentary papers recorded very strong debating by the Government officials regarding the S.S. Niagara. Around 26 September 1918 it was reported that there were 400 influenza cases at Trentham Military Camp but the Government authorities insisted that it was a mild flu outbreak. The Trentham Military Camp Quartermaster Major Thomas McCristell was influential in organising and providing beds, blankets, mattresses and equipment for the numerous temporary influenza hospitals set up around the Wellington region during the epidemic. Medical orderlies from the Trentham Military Camp volunteered and assist other local volunteers in the temporary hospitals. The Hutt Valley milk supplies were maintained by soldiers from Trentham Camp. The soldiers also assisted local farmers and butchers. Trentham Military Camp service personnel paid an important part during the influenza epidemic around the Wellington region including the Upper Hutt district. The Registrar General recorded 383 deaths from Influenza in the Wellington region for the months of October, November and up to 6 th December 1918. Statistic from to the publication Black November by Dr Geoffrey Rice records: Upper Hutt population of 1,554 6 deaths Hutt County population of 5,843 23 deaths Trentham Military Camp population of 3,270 77 deaths Featherston Military Camp population of 7,800 177 deaths The Upper Hutt Township was part of the Upper Hutt Town Board. The Hutt country was part of the Hutt Borough of the Hutt Valley and included major portions of the Upper Hutt district. New Zealand Times newspaper 05 December 1918 There have been twelve deaths recorded in the district (including the three at the Upper Hutt emergency hospital) five in the country and seven in the township and of these three were soldiers, four soldiers wives, one a soldiers child, and two had soldier lodgers, only two were un-associated with soldiers or camp. (Reference Papers past website New Zealand Times & Dominion newspaper 05 December 1918) There were some military service personnel who died of influenza outside of the district but have connections to the Upper Hutt district and the residents. Service Personnel who died overseas Tahiti of Influenza buried at sea and associated with UH 03 Sep 1918 - Pte Linus Bernard Golder 579138 nok mother Upper Hutt 04 Sep 1918 - Pte Thomas James Stanley 12/4094 nok wife Upper Hutt 1

Service Personnel who died at Featherston Camp from influenza and associated with Upper Hutt 10 Nov 1918 - Pte Robert Daniel Benge 74285 nok wife Upper Hutt Te Marua 17 Nov 1918 - RQMS Charles Betties James 6/1885 nok wife Upper Hutt Heretaunga Service Personnel who died in Wellington area from influenza and associated with Upper Hutt 17 Nov 1918 - Pte William James Collings 38502 Upper Hutt railway station address 26 Nov 1918 - Cpl Robert Allan Macmillan 39668 Trentham Camp permanent staff 26 Nov 1918 - Pte Edward Henry Beagle 22299 Trentham Camp QMS staff Trentham Military Camp and Hospital Trentham Military Camp had service personnel returning from overseas duty as medically unfit and some died of influenza. Trentham Military Camp also had an intake of new young and fit military recruits. Many of them became victims and died of influenza. Defence Department reports recorded the names of 62 service personnel who died from Influenza at Trentham Military Camp. Newspaper articles gave the numbers for Trentham Camp sick parade, hospital admission and recorded a total of 39 deaths. Later Wellington newspaper reports recording details of those who died of influenza included their name, rank, service number and the name and address of their next of kin. An unofficial newspaper article noted over 70 deaths at Trentham Camp and over 160 at Featherston Military Camp. Statistic from to the publication Black November by Dr Geoffrey Rice records the Trentham Military Camp total deaths during the influenza epidemic as seventy seven [77]. I have located seventy eight [78] Service Personnel who died from influenza at Trentham Military Hospital situated in the Upper Hutt district of New Zealand. By using various records I have created below in date order a draft list of deaths followed by an A-Z list of details about the individual Trentham Military Camp service personnel who died of influenza during the epidemic and others connected to the Upper Hutt district that also died of influenza. 08 Nov 1918 - Pte William Albert McKinstry 81701 nok wife Gisborne 09 Nov 1918 - RQMS Cyril [Charles] Watts 24745 nok Mrs Napier 11 Nov 1918 - Pte R Goodman [Goodwin] 88228 nok wife Highbank 11 Nov 1918 - Major (Dr) John Bonwell Sale 3/4316 nok wife Upper Hutt 12 Nov 1918 - Pte Clifford William Flood 82636 nok mother Greytown 12 Nov 1918 Pte Frederick Alfred Hansen 92581 nok wife Onehunga 12 Nov 1918 Edwin Rowland James 85474 nok wife Auckland 13 Nov 1918 - Pte James Charles Brown 92541 nok wife Trentham 13 Nov 1918 - Pte Ralph John Brunton 83461 nok father North Auckland 13 Nov 1918 - Pte John Edward Rush 71936 nok Mr Whangarei 14 Nov 1918 Pte John Connell 79733 nok mother Auckland 14 Nov 1918 - Cpl Hugh Thomas Corcoran 85421 nok Miss Waikato 14 Nov 1918 - Pte Alfred Galvan 77873 nok mother Raglan 14 Nov 1918 - Pte George Hay 82970 nok Mrs Wellington 14 Nov 1918 - RQMS Leslie Vernon Latimer 6/490 nok wife Upper Hutt 14 Nov 1918 - Pte George William Sanderson 72593 nok wife Wellington 14 Nov 1918 - Pte Robert Stewart 84004 nok Miss Auckland 15 Nov 1918 Pte John Flanagan 3/3339 nok mother Wallaceville 15 Nov 1918 Rfl John Friend 25/1101 nok friend Palmerston North 15 Nov 1918 - Pte Thomas Harlin 82841 nok Mrs Hastings 15 Nov 1918 - Cpl Joseph James Martin 82544 nok wife Wellington 2

15 Nov 1918 - Cpl Percy Frederick James Merrin 78057 nok wife Wellington 15 Nov 1918 - Cpl Andrew Frank Silvester Williams 88313 nok mother Christchurch 15 Nov 1918 - Pte William Harold Williams 92561 nok wife Waihi 16 Nov 1918 - Cpl Francis Tolloff Cobeldick 79883 nok Mrs Rotorua 16 Nov 1918 - Pte Edward John Cockle 82214 nok sister Christchurch 16 Nov 1918 - Pte Alexander Fraser 6/1145 nok Mrs Christchurch 16 Nov 1918 - Pte John Harp 81944 nok wife Greytown 16 Nov 1918 - Cpl William Henry Jones 77068 nok Mrs Christchurch 16 Nov 1918 - L/Cpl Thomas Charles Lawson 80544 nok wife Dunedin 16 Nov 1918 - Pte Denis Quane 92967 nok wife Blenheim 17 Nov 1918 - Pte Arthur Robert Cobb 82890 nok wife Upper Hutt 17 Nov 1918 - Pte William James Collings 38502 nok father Greytown 17 Nov 1918 - Pte James Jeremiah Hogan 82115 nok wife Doyleston 17 Nov 1918 - RQMS Charles Betties James 6/1885 nok wife Heretaunga 17 Nov 1918 - Pte David Malcolm North 77631 nok Mrs Picton 17 Nov 1918 - Cpl Douglas Hedley Trott 83015 nok wife Newtown 18 Nov 1918 - Pte Ernest Owen Crowe 82744 nok mother Oxford 18 Nov 1918 - RSM William John Donald Garvie 8/41 nok wife Wellington 18 Nov 1918 - Pte Michael Hogan 91945 nok Mrs Auckland 18 Nov 1918 Pte Richard Illingworth 92859 nok father England 18 Nov 1918 - Sgt Major Edward John McTigue NN nok wife Upper Hutt 18 Nov 1918 - Cpl Joseph Thomas Marshall 83577 nok wife Auckland 18 Nov 1918 - L/Cpl Herbert Stanley Slight 77382 nok wife Fielding 18 Nov 1918 - Pte Cecil H Wright 92897 nok father Taumaranui 19 Nov 1918 - L/Cpl Thomas Brown 79967 nok Mrs Gisborne 19 Nov 1918 Pte Thomas Fitzpatrick 78791 nok wife Dunedin 19 Nov 1918 - Major Donald Bruce McKenzie 9/325 nok wife Trentham 19 Nov 1918 - Pte Charles Ernest Peters 91724 nok wife Shannon 19 Nov 1918 - Sgt Albert William Simpson 5/464 nok wife Upper Hutt 19 Nov 1918 Pte William Turner 3/3752 nok mother Dunedin 20 Nov 1918 Pte Frederick George Atyeo 3/130a nok mother Christchurch 20 Nov 1918 Pte William James Berwick 93004 nok wife Napier 20 Nov 1918 Pte Frederick Lloyd Burgess 63511 nok father Auckland 20 Nov 1918 - Pte John Patrick O Neill 92906 nok father Hastings 20 Nov 1918 - Sgt George Edward Francis Rickard 61063 nok wife Heretaunga 20 Nov 1918 Pte Albert Joseph Wheldon 81420 nok wife Marton 22 Nov 1918 - Cpl Albert Joseph Arlow 84236 nok wife Thorndon 22 Nov 1918 - Pte George Blamey (Blaney) 79630 nok wife Auckland 22 Nov 1918 - Pte George Ranfurly Brown 92935 nok mother Ashburton 22 Nov 1918 - Sgt Russell Bernard MacMahon 92978 nok wife Nelson 23 Nov 1918 Pte William Francis Murphy 70525 nok mother Auckland 23 Nov 1918 Pte George Ross Stewart 92535 nok wife Auckland 24 Nov 1918 Cpl Cecil James Cunningham Marshall 89710 nok wife Auckland 24 Nov 1918 Spr William Kempton Perriton 75401 nok wife Invercargill 24 Nov 1918 Pte Henry Swift Rushford 92787 nok wife Wellington 24 Nov 1918 Corp Reginald Delmage Pell Woods 92504 nok wife Auckland 25 Nov 1918 - Pte Alfred William Avery 55671 nok wife Trentham 25 Nov 1918 Pte Norman Farland 3/2767 nok mother Palmerston North 26 Nov 1918 - Pte Edward Henry Beagle 22299 nok wife Taita 26 Nov 1918 - Cpl Robert Allan MacMillan 39668 nok wife Scotland 28 Nov 1918 - Pte Alfred Samuel Brewer 78609 nok Mrs England 29 Nov 1918 - Pte John Claydon Price 92809 nok Mrs Wanganui 29 Nov 1918 - Pte Arthur Chapman Smith 85617 nok wife Dunedin 03 Dec 1918 - Pte Alfred Ellis 92682 nok wife Taranaki 05 Dec 1918 - Pte Stanley Novello Prime 93005 nok wife Napier 07 Dec 1918 - Drv James Alexander Wilson 3/2097 nok wife Trentham 3

A Z Military Service Personnel who died from Influenza Cpl Albert Joseph ARLOW 84236 died 22 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp 0- Albert Joseph ARLOW born 1888 Christchurch New Zealand died 22 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp Upper Hutt New Zealand married 1913 Alice Janet Walker FAMILTON (Hamilton) born 1889 died 1928 New Zealand (no Issue) #Albert Joseph Arlow born 1888 New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1888 folio website 1888/15279 parents Jane and Edward John Arlow #Alice Janet Walker Hamilton born 1887 New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1887 folio website 1887/7661 parents Esther Ann and Alexander Stevenson #Albert Joseph Arlow married 1913 Alice Janet Walker Hamilton reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1913 folio website 1913/2588 #Service File = Corporal Albert Joseph Arlow 84236 NZTU, occupation Merchant, selfemployed, address Thornleigh St George Pay Road Parnell Auckland, next of kin wife Mrs A J Arlow 108 Oriental Parade Wellington, attestation 11 December 1917, enlisted 10 July 1918, Trentham Camp, married, age 29 years, height 5 feet 5½ inches, weight 140 lbs, complexion ruddy, eyes brown, hair brown, religion Methodists, born 18 March 1888 Christchurch NZ, married 24 March 1913 Oamaru to Alice Janet Walker nee Familton, admitted to Trentham Military Hospital 07 November 1918 for 16 days then died of Influenza pneumonia at 10.30 am on 22 November 1918, struck off strength 24 November 1918 reference Archives NZ Wellington NZDF service records #Albert Joseph Arlow died 22 November 1918 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1918 folio website 1918/11978 age 31 born about 1887 #Soldiers Death - Trentham 84236 Corporal Albert Joseph Arlow Quartermaster (QM) Staff 22 November next of kin Mrs A W Arlow (wife) 15 Murphy Street Thorndon reference Papers past website Dominion newspaper 23 November 1918 & Evening Post newspaper 23 November 1918 #Alice Janet Walker Arlow died 1928 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1928 folio website 1928/11783 age 39 born about 1889 Pte Frederick George ATYEO 3/130a died 20 November 1918 at Trentham Camp 0- Frederick George ATYEO born 24 March 1896 Christchurch died 20 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp Upper Hutt New Zealand (never married) #Frederick George Atyeo born 1896 Christchurch New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1896 folio 1869 (no trace RGO website son of William John & Phoebe Atyeo) #Service File = Frederick George Atyeo Private 3/130A NZ Medical Corps Ambulance unit, Tailor employer W Costello, address 323 Fitzgerald Street St Albans Christchurch, next of kin mother Mrs M S (WG) Atyeo Christchurch & 101 Nayland St Sumner Christchurch, enlisted 26 August 1914 embarked 15 October 1914, returned 25 December 1915 discharged 06 June 1916, NZ service 215 days, service overseas 1 years 70 days, total service 1 year 285 days, re-enlisted 25 June 1917 QMG, medal entitlement 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal, to father W J Atyeo Sumner Christchurch, memorial plaque and scroll to father Mr Wm J Atyeo 18 Montreal Street Sydenham Christchurch, Single, age 20 years, height 5 feet 7¾ inches, 157 lbs, complexion fair, eyes grey, hair brown, religion Anglican Church of England, born 02/22 November 1884 [sic 1896] Christchurch, admitted Trentham Hospital 18 [sic 16] November 1918 for 4 days died 10 pm 20 November 1918 of influenza pneumonia A block of Trentham Military Camp reference archives NZ Wellington NZ Defence Force Service records #Atyeo On 20 November at Trentham Private Frederick George Main Body, second beloved son of William and Phoebe Atyeo of 232 Fitzgerald Street. (Pneumonia) reference Papers past website Press newspaper 23 November 1918 #Private Frederick George Atyeo 3/130A New Zealand Medical Corps age 34 died 20 November 1918 son of William John and Phoebe Atyeo of Sumner Christchurch served in Egypt buried soldiers section Karori cemetery Wellington reference Commonwealth War Graves Commission website Pte Alfred William AVERY 55671 died 25 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp 4

0- Alfred William AVERY born about 1879 died 25 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp Upper Hutt New Zealand married 09 November 1909 Southampton England Edith Mary REED born about 1881 England died 1951 New Zealand (Edith married 1928 Walter John William Johnson) (Issue Gertrude Edith born 25 May 1911 Southampton England died 2003 New Zealand married 1936 Edward Leslie Day New Zealand) #Service File = Private Alfred William Avery 55671 NZTU QMS, occupation Cook, employer Hospital ship Maheno, address Walker Hotel Princess Street Dunedin, nok wife Mrs A W Avery High Street Totton Southampton Hants England & friend Mrs Walker Central Hotel Dunedin, attestation 14 May 1917, enlisted 29 May 1917, signed a declaration regarding his marriage and daughter at Trentham on 04 June 1917, born 13 January 1879, married, age 39 years, height 5 feet 2½ inches, weight 144 lbs, complexion fair, eyes blue, hair fair, religion Church of England, married 09 November 1909 Edith Mary nee Reed at Southampton England, daughter Gertrude Edith born 25 May 1911 Southampton England, admitted to Trentham Hospital 09 November 1918 for 17 days died at 1.30 pm on 25 November 1918 from influenza and cerebra-spinal fever, struck off strength 27 November 1918, widow Edith Mary Avery signed a declaration regarding a will and her address was recorded as C/- Barry s Store Heretaunga (Upper Hutt). #Alfred William Avery died 25 November 1918 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1918 folio website 1918/11778 age 39 born about 1879 #Solders Deaths At Trentham Camp 55671 Pte A W Avery from influenza and c.s.m. on 25 November (Mrs E M Avery Trentham) died at Trentham M C Age 39 reference Papers past website Evening Post & Dominion & New Zealand Times newspaper 27 November 1918 #Edith Mary Avery married Walter John William Johnson 1928/782 in New Zealand & Edith Mary Johnson died 1951 New Zealand age 70 born about 1881 Pte Edward Henry BEAGLE 22299 died 26 November 1918 temporary Hospital Lower Hutt 0- Edward Henry BEAGLE born 29 January 1882 Essex England died 26 November 1918 temporary hospital Lyceum Lower Hutt married 17 June 1907 London England Clara Maud Hayler PIKE born England died New Zealand (Issue [1] Irene May born 01 January 1909 London England [2] John Henry Ronald born 12 February 1911 London England [3] Joseph Edward born 09 March 1914 Dunedin New Zealand [4] Mary Jane born 1917/3565 NZ) #Mrs C M Beagle, Miss I Beagle & Master J Beagle departed England and arrived New Zealand 12 April 1913 #Edward Henry Beagle and his family settled in Dunedin but by 1916 were residents of 8 Hutt Road Petone and the children attended Petone West School #Service file = Private (Driver) Edward Henry Beagle 22299 NZASC, occupation Baker, selfemployed, address 155 Walker Street Dunedin, next of kin wife Mrs Maud Beagle 102 Dundas Street Dunedin, enlisted 05 May 1916, attested 06 May 1916 Trentham Camp, height 5 feet 5 inches, weight 176 lbs, complexion dark, eyes blue, hair dark, religion Anglican, born 29 January 1882 Essex England, married Clara Maud nee Pike 17 June 1907 London England, children Irene May born 01 January 1909 London England, John Henry Ronald born 12 February 1911 London England and Joseph Edward born 09 March 1914 Dunedin New Zealand (Mary Jane Beagle born 1917/3565 NZ parents Clara Maud Hayler & Edward Henry), admitted temporary hospital Lower Hutt 24 November 1918 died influenza following pneumonia 26 November 1918, #Edward Henry Beagle died 26 November 1918 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1918 folio website 1918/10757 age 36 born about 1882 #Advice had been received from the temporary hospital Lower Hutt that 22229 Private E H Beagle of the Quartermaster Store Trentham Military Camp died there on 26 November the cause of death being influenza and Broncho pneumonia. Deceased s next of kin is his wife Mrs C M H Beagle Taita Lower Hutt reference Papers past website Dominion newspaper 10 December 1918 #Deaths Beagle On 26 November 1918 at the temporary hospital Lyceum Lower Hutt Private Edward Henry the dearly loved husband of Clara Maud Beagle aged 36 years reference Papers past website Dominion newspaper 27 November 1918 5

#Funeral Notice The Friends of the later Edward Henry Beagle are requested to attend his Funeral which will leave his late residence Main Street Taita at about 4.15 this day (Wednesday) 27 November for the Taita Cemetery Brown and Allen The Hutt Valley Funeral Furnishers Main Street Lower Hutt Phone 89 Hutt reference Papers past website Dominion newspaper 27 November 1918 #Private E H Beagle 22299 Quartermaster Stores Trentham Military Camp died at the temporary hospital Lower Hutt on 26 th November the cause of death being influenza and bronchial pneumonia. His next-of-kin is Mrs C M H Beagle (wife) Taita Lower Hutt reference Papers past website Evening Post newspaper 10 December 1918 #Edward Henry Beagle died 26 November 1918 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1918 folio website 1918/10757 age 36 born about 1882 #Pte E H Beagle died buried 26 November 1918 at Taita cemetery Lower Hutt #Clara Maud Beagle died buried 22 May 1974 Taita cemetery Lower Hut Private Robert Daniel BENGE died 10 November 1918 Featherston Military Camp 0- Robert Daniel (Dick) BENGE born 06 June 1897 Upper Hutt New Zealand died 10 November 1918 Featherston Military Camp Wairarapa New Zealand (No Issue) married 26 June 1918 Upper Hutt New Zealand Annie Agnes OSBORNE born 17 April 1898 New Zealand died 1986 New Zealand (under Bree) #Robert Daniel Benge born 06 June 1897 Upper Hutt New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1897 folio website 1897/10402 parents Matilda and Samuel William Benge #Annie Agnes Osborne born 1898 New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1898 folio website 1898/5386 parents Augusta and Samuel Osborne #Robert Daniel Benge married 1918 New Zealand Annie Agnes Osborne reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1918 folio website 1918/2467 #74235 Private Robert Daniel Benge 10 th November (next of kin wife Mrs Matilda [sic] Benge Upper Hutt) #Service file = Private Robert Daniel Benge 74235 NZTU, occupation blacksmith & farmhand, employer S Benge Estate Ltd Wellington, address Te Marua Upper Hutt, next of kin mother Mrs M J Benge then wife Mrs R D Benge Te Marua Upper Hutt, attestation 08 September 1917, enlisted 08 February 1918, age 20 years 2 months, height 5 feet 5 inches, weight 150 lbs, complexion dark, eyes blue, hair brown, religion Church of England, previous service Upper Hutt Cadets 5 th Wellington Regiment, born 06 June 1897 Upper Hutt NZ, parents Matilda and Samuel Benge, married Annie Agnes Osborne 26 June 1918 Upper Hutt by Rev A M Climie, died at 6.30 am 10 November 1918 at Featherston Military Hospital Wairarapa, struck off strength 13 November 1918. #Robert Daniel Benge died 10 November 1918 Featherston Wairarapa New Zealand reference RGO NZ WWI death registration 1918 folio website 1918/10569 age 21 #Robert Daniel Benge Private 74285 Training Unit Blacksmith & farmhand employer S Benge Estate Ltd Wellington address Te Marua Upper Hutt next of kin wife Mrs R D Benge Te Marua Upper Hutt reference publication Roll of Honour Section s died 10 November 1918 #Annie Agnes and Matilda Benge desire to sincerely thank all sympathising and helping friends in their sad and great bereavement Mrs M G Benge Te Marua Upper Hutt reference Papers past website Dominion newspaper 16 November 1918 page 1 #Annie Agnes Benge married 1923 New Zealand Dennis Bree reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1923 folio website 1923/1485 #Annie Agnes BREE died 1986 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1986 folio website 1986/35592 born 17 April 1898 age 88 Pte William James BERWICK 93004 died 20 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp 0- William James BERWICK born 03 May 1886 London England married 1917 Napier Annie Winifred nee WILLIAMS / HOLDEN born 21 November 1884 died 1977 New Zealand (Issue Iris surname unknown born 24 December 1914 Ohakune & Edith surname unknown born 14 November 1915 Te Pohiri Napier) #William James Berwick married 1917 New Zealand Annie Winifred Williams reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1917 folio 4422 website 1917/4947 6

#Service file = William James Berwick Private 93004 QMG NZ Army, occupation Driver & Labourer, employer Whakatane Freezing Works, address 4 Edward Street Napier & 35 Dicken Street Napier, next of kin wife Mrs A Berwick 4 Edward Street Napier, attested 22 July 1918, enlisted 08 November 1918, struck off 22 November 1918, married 1914 Napier Annie Winifred nee Holden, children Iris Berwick born 24 December 1914 Ohakune & Edith Berwick born 14 November 1915 Te Pohiri Napier, examined Napier, born 03 May 1886 London England, father born Scotland, mother born Ireland, age 33 years, height 5 feet 6 inches, weight 122 lb, complexion dark, eyes brown, hair black, religion Free thinker, declaration Annie Winifred Berwick 4 Edward Street Napier declare I am the widow of 93004 Private William James Berwick to the best of my knowledge information and belief there is no Will or other testamentary document in existence, I do not intend to apply for Letters of Administration, admitted Trentham hospital 17 November for 4 days, died 6.30 am 20 November 1918 of Influenza pneumonia in Wairarapa Ward Trentham Military Camp reference Archives NZ Wellington NZ Defence Force Service records #Private William James Berwick 93004 New Zealand Training Unit age 32 died 20 November 1918 husband of Mrs A Berwick of Hastings Street Napier born in London England buried soldiers section Karori cemetery Wellington reference Commonwealth War Graves Commission website #William James Berrick died 1918 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1918 folio website 1918/11992 age 32 born about 1886 #Annie Winifred Jones died 1977 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1977 folio website 1977/37393 born 21 November 1884 Pte George BLAMEY (Blaney) 79630 died 22 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp 0- George BLAMEY born 11 March 1888 Towey England died 22 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp Upper Hutt New Zealand married 1912 New Zealand Millicent Mary CHARMAN born 11 April 1888 died 1983 New Zealand #George Blamey married 23 October 1912 Mt Eden Auckland New Zealand Millicent Mary Charman reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1912 folio website 1912/5390 #Service File = Private George Blamey 79630 NZTU QMS, occupation builder, self-employed, address Halesowen Avenue Mt Albert Auckland, next of kin wife Mrs M M Blamey 5 Halesowen Avenue Mt Albert, attestation 12 November 1917, enlistment 02 May 1918, age 29, height 5 feet 3 inches, weight 137 lbs, complexion fresh, eyes blue, hair brown, religion Methodists, born 11 March 1888 Towey England, married 23 October 1912 Mt Eden Auckland to Millicent Mary nee Charman, admitted to Trentham Military Hospital 13 November 1918 10 days later died at 12.40 pm on 22 November 1918 from influenza pneumonia. #George Blamey died 22 November 1918 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1918 folio website 1918/11981 age 30 born about 1888 #Deaths of Soldiers Trentham Camp 79630 Private George Blaney details 22 November next of kin Mrs M M Blaney (wife) 5 Halesowen Avenue Mt Albert Auckland reference Papers past website Dominion newspaper 23 November 1918 & Evening Post newspaper 23 November 1918 #Millicent Mary Blamey died 1983 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1983 folio website 1983/32435 born 11 April 1888 Pte Alfred Samuel BREWER 78609 died 28 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp 0- Alfred Samuel BREWER born 14 August 1891 England died 28 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp Upper Hutt New Zealand (never married) #Service File = Private Alfred Samuel Brewer 78609 A Company 40 th Reinforcements, occupation Miner, employer S Jones, address Hororata, next of kin mother Mrs H Brewer St Austall Cornwall England & friend Mr J Waddell Martin s Lane Spreydon Christchurch NZ, attested 17 December 1917, enlisted 29 April 1918, at Trentham Camp on the 8 th July 1918 when under orders for Embarkation for Active Service absented himself without leave from A Company 40 th Reinforcements until he reported back in Camp on the 11 th July 1918 with intent to avoid such embarkation, single, age 26 years 5 months, height 5 feet 6 inches, weight 135 lbs, complexion ruddy, eyes grey, hair black, religion Methodists, born 14 August 7

1891 England, admitted to Trentham Military Hospital 11 November 1918 for 18 days, died 28 November 1918 influenza and pneumonia #Alfred Samuel Brewer died 28 November 1918 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1918 folio website 1918/11767 age 26 born about 1892 #Advice has been received that 78609 Alfred Samuel Brewer died at Trentham Military Camp (yesterday morning) at 12.5 am on the 28 November 1918. He was single and (26) twenty-six years of age. Address of next of kin Mrs R Brewer Stanaless Anstell Cornwall (England) reference Papers past website Evening Post & Dominion newspaper 29 November 1918 Pte George Ranfurly BROWN 92935 died 22 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp 0- George Ranfurly BROWN born 07 January 1898 Kimberly New Zealand died 22 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp Upper Hutt New Zealand (never married) #George Ranfurly Brown born 02 January 1898 New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1898 folio website 1898/3272 parents Elizabeth and John Brown #Service file = Private George Ranfurly Brown 92935, occupation Musterer, address Hakatere, next of kin father Mr John Brown Mayfield Canterbury, single, age 20 years, height 5 feet 3½ inches, weight 120 lbs, complexion fair, eyes blue, hair fair, religion Presbyterian, previous service B Squadron 5 th Mounted Rifles, attestation enlisted 04 November 1918, born 02 January 1898 Kimberly New Zealand, admitted to Trentham Military Hospital 06 November 1918 for 17 days died at 6 am 22 November 1918 of influenza and pneumonia at Camp Cottage hospital #George Ranfurly Brown died 22 November 1918 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1918 folio website 1918/11980 age 20 born about 1898 #Deaths Of Soldiers - Trentham 92935 Private George Ranfurly Brown A Company 51 st Reinforcements 22 November next of kin Mrs J Brown (mother) Burnside Mayfield Ashburton reference Papers past website Dominion newspaper 23 November 1918 Pte James Charles BROWN 92541 died 13 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp 0- James BROWN born about 1886 died 13 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp Upper Hutt New Zealand married 19 June 1909 St Peter Burley Lancashire England Caroline Dickinson HOWARTH born about 1913 England died (Issue Sylvia Brown was born 1916 Waiapu Auckland New Zealand) #James Charles Brown born 06 September 1886 Lancashire England #James Charles Brown age 24 married 19 June 1909 Caroline Dickinson nee Howarth age 29 in parish Burley St Peter Lancashire England. James s father James Charles Brown and Caroline s father Thomas Howarth reference Ancestry parish records #James and Caroline had a daughter Sylvia Brown was born 1916 Waiapu Auckland New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1916 folio website 1916/6990 parents Caroline and James Charles. #James Brown 1916 residence Waihi 1 st division Hauraki recruiting district #Service file = Private James Charles Brown 92541, occupation drainer, employer Public Works Department NZ Government, address Patetonga Hauraki Plains, next of kin wife Mrs C Brown Bradford Street Waihi NZ, enrolled 23 June 1917, occupation miner address Connell Street Waihi, enlisted 21 June 1918, to camp 10 October 1918, age 31 years, height 5 feet 7 inches, weight 135 lbs, complexion fair, eyes blue, hair brown, religion Church of England, born 06 September 1886 Lancashire England, entered Trentham Military Hospital 04 November 1918 with influenza and pneumonia, died 9.45 pm 13 November 1918, married (widow) Caroline Dickenson Lancashire England, daughter Sylvia Brown born Waihi NZ. #James Charles Brown died 13 November 1918 reference RGO NZ death registration 1918 folio website 1918/11676 age 32 born about 1886 #Trentham Camp Advice has been received from Trentham Military Camp that the undermentioned men have died at that hospital, the cause of death except where otherwise stated, being influenza followed by pneumonia 92541 Pte James C Brown 13 th Nov (Mrs J C Brown Trentham w) reference Papers past website Evening Post newspaper 19 November 1918 #Deaths in Camp Trentham - Advice has been received from Trentham Military Camp that the undermentioned men have died at that hospital, the cause of death being influenza 8

followed by pneumonia 92541 Private J C Brown (Mrs J C Brown Trentham w) November 13 th reference Papers past website New Zealand Times newspaper 19 November 1918 #Private James Charles Brown 92541 NZ Training Unit NZEF, buried soldier section Karori cemetery husband of Mrs C Brown of Waihi born in Lancashire England #Trentham Camp - 92541 Private James C BROWN 13 November (Mrs J C Brown Trentham wife) reference Paper past website Evening Post newspaper 19 November 1918 (plus 5 other newspapers) #Brown On 13 November at his residence Upper Hutt suddenly of influenza the dearly beloved husband of Mildred May Brown and son in law of Mrs L Venables 68 Richmond Avenue Grey Lynn and son of Mr J Brown locomotive foreman Wanganui Dearly loved by all reference Papers past website New Zealand Herald newspaper 23 November 1918 page 1 Lance Corporal Thomas BROWN 79967 died 19 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp 0- Thomas BROWN born 25 May 1887 Glentunnell New Zealand died 19 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp Upper Hutt New Zealand married 21 April 1915 Napier Eva Elizabeth BRINSON born 13 January 1895 Waipawa New Zealand died 14 November 1971 Auckland New Zealand (Macklow) #Thomas Brown born 25 May 1887 New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1887 folio website 1887/2580 parents Mary and Thomas Brown #Thomas Brown married 21 April 1915 New Zealand Eva Elizabeth Brinson reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1915/1617 #Thomas & Eva Elizabeth had a son Bryant Brown born 1917 New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1917 folio website 1917/13041 parents Eva Elizabeth and Thomas Brown & Bryant Brown died 1917 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1917 folio website 1917/1357 age 20N [sic] #Service File = Lance Corporal Thomas Brown 79967, occupation farmer, self-employed, address Coalgate, next of kin wife Mrs T Brown 86 Bristol Street St Albans Christchurch NZ, attested 04 February 1918, enlisted 20 May 1918, at Trentham 21 June 1918, married no children, age 30 years, height 5 feet 8 inches, weight 140 lbs, complexion fresh, eyes blue, hair dark, religion Church of England, born 25 May 1887 Glentunnell New Zealand, parents both born Scotland, married Eva Elizabeth nee Brinson 21 April 1915 Napier by Rev Tuke, admitted to Trentham Military Hospital 12 November 1918 for 8 days died 19 November 1918, of influenza, struck off strength 21 November 1918 #Thomas Brown died 19 November 1918 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1918 folio website 1918/11450 age 31 born about 1887 #Hospital Reports - Latest from Trentham 79967 L-Cpl T Brown (Mrs T Brown Gisborne) reference Papers past website Evening Post newspaper 20 & 22 November 1918 #Eva Elizabeth Brown married 1932 New Zealand John Walter Teed Macklow (1932/867) & Eva Elizabeth Macklow died 1971 New Zealand age 76 born about 1895 (1971/42196) Pte Ralph John BRUNTON 83461 died 13 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp 0- Ralph John BRUNTON born 28 March 1898 Waiwera North Auckland New Zealand died 13 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp Upper Hutt (never married) #Ralph John Brunton born 1898 Waiwera New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1898 June quarter folio 1417 website 1898/17489 parents Margaret Jane nee Dunn and Robert Langley Brunton #Service File = Private Ralph John Brunton 83461 NZTU QMS, occupation labourer, employer Freezing Works Tokomaru, address Kaipara Flats Auckland & Ruakaka Whangarei, next of kin father Mr Robert Lindsay Brunton Kaipara Flats North Auckland, attested 22 April 1918, enlisted 06 June 1918, single, age 20 years, height 5 feet 5½ inches, weight 145 lbs, complexion medium, eyes blue, hair dark, religion Church of England, born 20 March 1898 Waimera North of Auckland, admitted Trentham Military Hospital 06 November 1918 for 8 days died 13 November 1918 of influenza pneumonia #Ralph John Brunton died 13 November 1918 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1918 folio website 1918/11655 age 20 born about 1898 9

#Trentham Camp 83461 Pte Ralph B Brunton 13 th November (Mrs R L Brunton Kaipara Flats North Auckland father) reference Papers past website Evening Post newspaper 19 November 1918 #Private Ralph John Brunton died 13 November 1918 buried solders section Karori cemetery Wellington Private Frederick Lloyd BURGESS 63511 died 20 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp 0- Frederick Lloyd BURGESS born 27 September 1893 Auckland New Zealand died 20 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp Upper Hutt New Zealand (never married) #Frederick Lloyd Burgess born 27 September 1893 Auckland New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1893 folio website 1893/16994 parents Mary Esther nee Hayden & John Lloyd Burgess #Frederick s siblings John William Burgess born 1895/18441 & Margaret Osborne Caroline Burgess born 1901/3299 both in New Zealand to parents Mary Esther & John Lloyd Burgess #Frederick Lloyd Burgess Private 63511 Training Unit address Arabi Road Edendale Auckland occupation Driver employer Simmonds & Osborne next of kin father Mr J L Burgess Arabi Road Edendale Auckland reference Roll of Honour Section 3 died 20 November 1918 #Service File = Private Frederick Lloyd Burgess 63511 Quarter Masters Stores Training Unit, Driver employer Simmonds & Osbrne, address Arabi Road Edendale Auckland, next of kin father Mr J L Burgess Arabi Road Edendale Auckland, attested 03 August 1917, enlisted 20 August 1917 Auckland, born 27 September 1893 Auckland New Zealand, parents John Lloyd born Australia and mother Mary Esther born Auckland NZ, Single, age 23, height 5 feet 5 inches, weight 124 lbs, complexion medium, eyes blue, hair brown, religion Church of England, admitted Trentham Military Hospital 11 November 1918 for 10 days died 4.10 pm Influenza pneumonia 20 November 1918 Wairarapa ward Trentham Military Camp reference Archives NZ Wellington NZ Defence Force Service records #Private Frederick Lloyd Burgess 63511 age 25 died 20 November 1918 New Zealand Training Unit son of John Lloyd Burgess and Mary Esther Burgess (nee Hayden) of 21 Arabi Road Edendale Auckland buried soldier section Karori cemetery Wellington reference Commonwealth War Graves website Private Arthur Robert COBB 82890 died 17 November 1918 at his Upper Hutt home 0- Arthur Robert COBB born 25 May 1884 Somerset England died 17 November 1918 Upper Hutt New Zealand married 1914 New Zealand Annie (Nancy/Nance) O SHEA born 1883 Goureesbeg Bantry Bay Co Cork Ireland died 24 November 1965 Sydney Australia (Issue George Cobb born 20 October 1915 Gisborne New Zealand) #Arthur Robert COBB born 1884 Axbridge Somerset England reference Ancestry website RHO UK birth registration 1884 September quarter district Axbridge County Somerset England volume 5c page 519 #Arthur Robert COBB baptised 03 August 1884 parish Worle St Martin county Somerset England parents Agnes (nee Thayer) & George Cobb occupation farmer abode Worle reference Ancestry Parish Somerset church of England Baptisms page 40 item 313 #1891 Census Gos Street (Lynch Farm) parish St Martin County Somerset England registration district Axbridge ED 8 piece 1919 folio 113 page 29 George COBB head married age 39 Dairy Farmer born about 1852 Wrington Somerset Agnes COBB wife married age 38 farmers wife born about 1853 Blagdon Somerset Arthur Robt COBB son single age 6 scholar born about 1885 Worle Somerset England Emily May COBB daughter single age 4 born Worle Somerset England Alice Kate COBB daughter single age 2 born Worle Somerset England John Thomas servant single age 16 Agricultural servant born Worle Somerset England #1901 Census Dunbridge Farm parish Ledbury St Michael Town Ledbury County Herebury England registration district Ledbury ED 10 piece 2470 folio 112 page 4 household 19 George COBB head married age 49 Farmer born about 1852 Wrington Somerset Agnes COBB wife married age 48 born about 1853 Blagdon Somerset Arthur Ro COBB son single age 16 framers son born about 1885 Worle Somerset England Emily M COBB daughter single age 14 born Worle Somerset England Alice K COBB daughter single age 12 born Worle Somerset England 10

Daisy M COBB daughter age 8 born Worle Somerset England #Arthur departed England and settled in New Zealand date unknown #Arthur Robert COBB married 11 November 1914 Gisborne New Zealand Annie (Nancy) O SHEA reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1914 folio website 1914/3365 #Arthur and Annie had a son George Cobb born 1915 New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1915 folio website 1915/22667 parents Annie and Arthur Robert Cobb #Service file = Private Arthur Robert COBB 82890 Training Unit Trentham Camp, occupation shepherd, address C/- Mr D B Bartram Tolaga Bay & C/- W Robson Private Bag Tekuraka & Kanakanaia, next of kin wife Mrs Nancy Cobb Kanakanaia Gisborne [last next of kin address Upper Hutt], married, one child, age 22 years, height 5 feet 8 inches, weight 155 lbs, complexion fair, eyes blue, hair brown, religion Church of England, next of kin wife Mrs Nancy Cobb Kanakanaia Gisborne, enlisted 29 May 1918, left home 18 June 1918, entered camp 20 June 1918, married, height 5 feet 8 inches, weight 155lbs, hair brown, eyes blue, complexion fair, religion Church of England, previous military service Imperial Yeoman [England] left district, medically examined and found unfit February 1917, born 25 May 1886 Somersetshire England, married 11 November 1914 Gisborne to Nancy O Shea by father Daly, son George Cobb born 20 Oct 1915 Gisborne, Station at Trentham 20 June 1917, discharged from hospital, died 17 November 1918 Influenza Pneumonia out of camp at home Upper Hutt reference Archives NZ Wellington New Zealand Deference Force Personnel Archives digitised WWI service records #Arthur Robert COBB died 17 November 1918 Wallaceville Upper Hutt New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1918 folio website 1918/11663 age 30 born about 1888 #COBB Pte Arthur Robert 82890 Training Unit 17 th Nov 1918 Age 30 Husband of Mrs A R Cobb of Upper Hutt, Wellington Born in Somerset England C36 reference Commonwealth War Graves #82890 Pte Arthur R COBB at his home at Lower [sic] Hutt 17 November (next of kin Mrs A R Cobb Upper Hutt) reference Papers past website Evening Post newspaper 19 November 1918 & Dominion newspaper 19 November 1918 and other New Zealand newspaper #82890 Private A R COBB Training Unit NZEF died 17 November 1918 age 30 buried Karori cemetery Wellington area 11 block AA row 03 plot 36 [born 1884] & Arthur Robert COBB age 30 Soldier buried 18 November 1918 Karori cemetery Wellington reference Wellington City website Karori cemetery transcriptions & Ancestry website find a grave New Zealand #Pvt Arthur Robert Cobb born 1884 Somerset England died 17 Nov 1918 Upper Hutt Wellington New Zealand buried Kaori cemetery Wellington #Arthur Robert COBB Private 82890 Training Unit address C/- Robson Kanakana occupation Shepherd employer Robson farmer Kanakana next of kin wife Mrs Nancy Cobb Kanakana Gisborne reference publication Roll of honour section 3 died in disease 17 November 1918 #Trentham Camp Advice has been received from Trentham Military Camp that the undermentioned men have died at that hospital the cause of death except where otherwise stated being influenza followed by pneumonia 82890 Pte Arthur R Cobb at his home at Lower [sic] Hutt 17 th Nov (Mrs A R Cobb Upper Hutt) reference Papers past website Evening Post newspaper 19 November 1918 #Annie Cobb widow 38 Aro Street 1919 Wellington central Electoral Roll & Annie Cobb widow 8 Imperial Terrace 1928 & 1935 Wellington East ER and 1946 & 1949 & 1954 & 1957 Miramar ER #Annie COBB widow 38 Aro Street reference 1919 Wellington Central Electoral Roll #Annie COBB died 20 November buried 24 November 1965 Rookwood Catholic Cemetery New South Wales Australia reference Ancestry website, find a grave Australia #Annie COBB widow Wellington Court 1966 Probate records reference Archives New Zealand Wellington AAOM 6031 W3265 385 0173/1966 these are also available on FamilySearch website #Thank you to the descendant who informed me that Annie (Nance) was born 1883 Goureesbeg Bantry Bay, Co Cork Ireland to parents Julia nee O Leary and Cornelius O Shea and died 20 November 1965 in Sydney New South Wales where she was visiting her son George Cobb who had settled in Australia Cpl Francis Tolloff COBELDICK 79883 died 16 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp 11

0- Francis Tolloff COBELDICK born 26 January 1898 Geraldine New Zealand died 16 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp Upper Hutt New Zealand (never married) #Francis Tolloff Cobeldick born 26 January 1898 New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1913 folio website 1913/16168 parents Mary Ann Maria nee Barber and William Cobeldick who married 1894 New Zealand (1895/1268) #Francis had 2 siblings Eric William (1896-1917 KIA) and John Morley (1914-1968) [The parents lost 2 sons during World War One Francis died of influenza and Eric killed in action] #Service File = Corporal Francis Tolloff Cobeldick 79883 NZTU, occupation school teacher, employer Normal School Christchurch, address 463 Gloucester Street Christchurch. Next of kin mother C/- Tourist Office Rotorua, attested 25 February 1918, enlisted 02 May 1918, at Trentham, single, age 20, height 5 feet 6 inches, 133 lbs, complexion fresh, eyes blue, hair fair, religion Church of England, born 26 January 1898 Geraldine NZ, admitted 11 November 1918 Trentham Military Hospital for 6 days died at 10.40 am on 16 November 1918 Wairarapa Ward of Trentham Military hospital #Francis Polloff [Tolloff] Cobeldick died 16 November 1918 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1918 folio website 1918/11674 age 20 born about 1898 #Trentham Camp 79883 Corporal Francis J Cobeldick 16 November (Mrs M A Cobeldick Rotorua) reference Papers past website Evening Post newspaper 19 November 1918 & Dominion & New Zealand Times Newspaper 19 November 1918 #Corporal Francis Tolloff Cobledick born 26 January 1898 NZ died 16 November 1918 Upper Hutt buried soldier section Karori cemetery Wellington Pte Edward John COCKLE 82214 died 16 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp 0- Edward John COCKLE born 05 August 1897 Ashburton New Zealand died 16 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp Upper Hutt New Zealand (never married) #Edward John Cockle born 05 August 1897 New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1897 folio website 1897/6382 parents Rachel nee Bryan and William John Cockle who married 1879 NZ #Service file = Private Edward John Cockle 82214 NZTU QM, occupation Porter, employer NZ Railways, address 86 Barbadoes Street Christchurch, next of kin sister Miss Maud Cockle 86 Barbadoes Street Christchurch, attested 20 December 1917, enlisted 17 June 1918, single, age 20 years 6 months, height 5 feet 7½ inches, weight 133 lbs, complexion fair, eyes blue, hair dark, religion Protestant & Church of England recorded, born 04 [sic] August 1897 Ashburton NZ, admitted Trentham Military Hospital 10 November 1918 for 7 days died at 6.30 am on 16 November 1918 from Influenza pneumonia at Trentham Hospital, struck off strength 19 November 1918 #Edward John Cockle died 16 November 1918 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1918 folio website 1918/8435 age 20 born about 1898 #Solders Deaths Trentham Camp 82214 Pte E J Cockle (Miss M Cockle Christchurch s) reference Papers past website Evening Post newspaper 19 November 1918 & New Zealand Times newspaper 20 November 1918 #Private Edward John Cockle born about 1897 age 21 years died 16 November 1918 buried Solders section Karori cemetery Wellington Pte William James COLLINGS died 17 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp 0- William James COLLINGS born 16 April 1898 died 17 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp Upper Hutt New Zealand (never married) #William James Collings born 16 April 1898 New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1898 folio website 1898/30 parents Emily and Thomas Collings (both parents born Cornwall England) #Williams siblings were Thomas born 26 March 1894 (1894/6868) and Emeline Collings born 1902 (1902/4995) #Service File = Private William James Collings 38502, served with the Railway Engineers, occupation Civil Servant, employer New Zealand Government, address Railway Station Upper Hutt, next of kin father Mr T Collings McKay Street Greymouth, attested 06 May 1918, enlisted 22 June 1918, at Trentham Camp 24 June 1918, Railway employee C/- Loco Department Railways Upper Hutt, single, age 20 years, height 5 feet 7 inches, weight 137 lbs, 12

complexion pale, eyes brown, hair dark brown, religion Church of England, born 16 March 1898 Brunnerton, both parents born Cornwall England, died 17 November 1918 of influenza at 10 Featherston Terrace Wellington from Trentham Military Camp, struck off strength #William James Collings date 1918 place Upper Hutt occupation Railway Employee reference NZ Gazette 1918 Military call up page 1145 #William James Collings died 17 November 1918 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1919 folio website 1919/418 age 22 born about 1896 #Soldiers Deaths - Trentham Camp 38502 Private W J Collins 17 November (Thomas Collins father Greymouth) reference Papers past website Evening Post newspaper 19 November 1918 & Dominion & New Zealand Times newspaper 19 November 1918 #In Memoriam Collings In loving memory of 38502 William James Collings of the 43rds who died at Wellington on the 17 th November 1918 ages 19 years To memory ever dear inserted by D.K.D. reference Papers past website Evening Post newspaper 17 November 1919 #Private William James Collings 38502 NZ Training Unit buried Solders section Karori cemetery Wellington son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Collings of Greymouth, born Brunner West Coast #William s brother Thomas Collings served WW1 Sapper NZ Engineers 6/2098 served 4 years 29 days discharged NZ died 02 March 1954 at Wellington #William s sister Emmaline Collings married 1922 John Robert Ellery reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1922 folio website 1922/8798 Pte John CONNELL 79733 died 14 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp 0- John CONNELL born 10 February 1898 New Zealand died 14 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp Upper Hutt (never married) #John Connell born 10 February 1898 Auckland New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1898 folio website 1898/1122 mother Margaret Jane Connell father not recorded #Service File = Private John Connell 79733 NZTU, occupation carpenter, employer W E Hutchinson Auckland, address 11 Montague Street Newton Auckland, next of kin mother Mrs Margaret Jane Connell 11 Montague Street Newton Auckland, attested 23 February 1918, enlisted 02 May 1918, single, age 20 years, height 5 feet 7½ inches, weight 138 lbs, complexion pale, eyes grey, hair light brown, religion Roman Catholic, born 10 February 1898 Auckland NZ, admitted to Trentham Military Hospital 08 November 1918 for 7 days died at 4.30 pm 14 November 1918 of Influenza pneumonia at Trentham Military Camp #John Connell died 14 November 1918 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1918 folio website 1918/11658 age 20 born about 1898 #Deaths of Soldiers - Trentham Camp - 79733 Private John Connell 14 th November influenza and pneumonia next of kin Mrs M J Connell (mother) 11 Montague Street Auckland reference Papers past website Evening Post newspaper 18 November 1918 (plus 2 other newspaper) #Private John Connell born about 1898 age 20 died 14 November 1918 while training buried Karori cemetery Wellington #Margaret Jane Connell died 1932 New Zealand reference RGO NZ death registration 1932 folio website 1932/4164 age 74 born about 1858 #Margaret Jane Connell died 08 May 1932 age 74 born Australia buried Hillsborough cemetery Auckland Corporal Hugh Thomas CORCORAN 85421 died 14 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp 0- Hugh Thomas CORCORAN born 27 July 1880 Waikato New Zealand died 14 November 1918 Trentham Military Camp Upper Hutt (never married) #Hugh Thomas Corcoran born 27 July 1880 Waikato New Zealand reference RGO NZ birth registration 1880 folio website 1880/12457 parents Mary and Patrick Corcoran #there are 17 NZ birth registrations parents Mary & Patrick Corcoran between 1879 and 1906 #Service file Corporal Hugh Thomas Corcoran 85421 NZTU, occupation Farmer, selfemployed, address Harapepe NZ, next of kin sister Miss B M Corcoran Harapepe NZ, attested 13 September 1917, enlisted 16 July 1918, single, age 36 years, height 5 feet 8¼ inches, weight medium, eyes brown, hair black, religion Roman Catholic, born 19 July 1881 Waikato New Zealand, parents Mary and Patrick Corcoran both born Ireland, admitted to 13