Profile

ANSELL, George
(Service number 18602)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	18/08/1895	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Kings Road, Wakauri, Gisborne
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Miss O. J. ANGROVE (friend), care of Mrs R. ANSELL, 4 Rima Street, Miramar, Wellington
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	9th Reinforcements, 2nd Battalion, F Company
Date	26 July 1916
Transport	Waitemata or Ulimaroa
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Carpenter

Death

Date	2 July 1962	Age	66 years
Place of Death	Petone
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Taita Cemetery, Lower Hutt
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

George Ansell was the youngest son of James broughton and Rachel (née Crowther). He was educated at Masterton and Wellington. George married Elizabeth Clarice Hebbend in 1921. His brother James Broughton Ansell also served in World War I.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [13 April 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [13 April 2019]; Taita Cemetery record [13 April 2019]

External Links

Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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