the CARRINGTON of New Zealand who died serving New Zealand during WWI

Full Name: BERNARD CARRINGTON
* Rank Last Held: Private
* Serial No: 15686
* First Known Rank: Private
* Occupation before Enlistment: Farm hand
* Next of Kin: Frederick Carrington (father), Awakino, Taranaki
* Body on Embarkation: New Zealand Expeditionary Force
* Embarkation Unit: 15th Reinforcements Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
* Embarkation Date: 26 July 1916
* Place of Embarkation: Wellington
* Transport: HMNZT 59 HMNZT 60
* Vessel: Waitemata or Ulimaroa
* Destination: Devonport, England
* Last Unit Served: Wellington Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
* Place of Death: Ypres, Belgium
* Date of Death: 31 July 1917
* Cause of Death: KILLED IN ACTION
* Memorial Name: Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
Bernard's PARENTS:
... Frederick Wellington Erangi CARRINGTON (1868-1938) & Ada Elizabeth LEEDOM (1866-1952)
Bernard's SIBLINGS:
1 1890 - ? Ella Mary Carrington
- nothing known
2 1892 - 1951 Wellington Carrington
- Wellington married Eila Mary FRANCIS in 1920
3 1893 - 1984 Thomas Carrington
- Thomas married Gertrude Adelaide WANKLYN in 1920
4 1895 - 1982 Ella Nora Carrington
- Ella married Frank Gordon MACK in 1918
1896 - 1917 Bernard Carrington
- as above
5 1898 - 1898 Eva Carrington
- Eva died aged 9 months
6 1899 - 1988 Ernest Carrington
- Ernest married Hazel Mary WOLFE in 1919
7 1902 - 1992 Ted Carrington
- Ted married Lena Florence BISHOP in 1928
8 1904 - 1904 Follett Carrington
- Follett died aged 5 weeks
9 1905 - 1917 Phyllis Ida Carrington
- Phyllis died aged 11
10 1906 - 2003 Olive Carrington
- Olive married Christopher Haslam ORDISH in 1927



Full Name: CHRISTOPHER CARRINGTON
* Rank Last Held: Captain
* Serial No.: 2/773
* First Known Rank: Captain
* Next of Kin: Mrs M. C. Carrington, The Deanery, 78 Armagh Street, Christchurch
* Marital Status: Single
* Military District: Canterbury
* Body on Embarkation: Main Body
* Embarkation Unit: Field Artillery
* Embarkation Date: 16 October 1914
* Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand
* Transport: HMNZT 7 HMNZT 10
* Vessel: Limerick or Arawa
* Last Unit Served: New Zealand Field Artillery
* Also served: In Gallipoli
* Place of Death: France
* Date of Death: 8 October 1916
* Age at Death: 22
* Cause of Death: DIED OF WOUNDS
* Cemetery Name: Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs, France
* Attended Duntroon Military College in Australia
Chrisopher's PARENTS:
... Rev. Charles Walter CARRINGTON (1859-1941) & Margaret Constance PUGHE
Christopher's SIBLINGS: - born in England
? 1 1892 - 1975 Philip Carrington
- the Most Rev. Philip Carrington. Anglican priest and author. Seventh Bishop of Quebec and the eleventh Metropolitan of Canada. Rector of Lincoln, New Zealand. Warden of St Barnabas Theological College, North Adelaide. Dean of Divinity at Bishop?s University, Lennoxville
1893 - Christopher Carrington
- as above
? 2 1895 - Arthur 'Hugh' Carrington
- born in West Bromwich, Arthur attened Duntroon Military College in Australia and served in WWI as Lieutenant 10/2386 with Wellington Infantry Battalion, 4th Reinforcements. He died in London
? 3 1897 - 1990 Charles Edmund Carrington
- writer, lecturer and biographer of Rudyard Kipling, was born in West Bromwich. During World War I, he enlisted in 1914, was commissioned in 1915, saw service in France and Italy, and was awarded the Military Cross. He entered Christ Church, Oxford, and graduated BA in 1921 (MA 1929). From 1921 to 1924 and 1926 to 1929 he taught at Haileybury College, and in 1924-25 lectured at Pembroke College, Oxford. He was Educational Secretary to the Cambridge University Press between 1929 and 1954. During World War II he served in France in 1940, and between 1941 and 1945 was a lieutenant-colonel on the General Staff. From 1954 to 1962 he was Abe Bailey Professor of Commonwealth Relations at the Royal Institute of International Affairs. In 1964-65 he was a visiting professor in North America.
? 4 1900 - 1984 Joan Margaret Carrington
- Joan married Benjamin Mayhan HULLEY (1898-1991 of Pennsylvania) in USA & had 5 children
Christopher's SIBLINGS: - born in NZ
? 5 1905 - 1925 Gerard Nelson Carrington
- Gerard was an Engineering student at Canterbury College and a Founder of the Canterbury Mountaineering Club. He explored, mapped and published articles on the headwaters of the Waimakariri River. He received a Government Grant to built a hut at th river junction which bears his name. He died aged 20 by drwoning in the Waimakariri River in his homemade raft
? 6 1908 - 2008 Constance Mary Carrington
- thanks to Jason for supplying that link for Constance
- (message Date: 2012-09-24 22:54:28)



Full Name: STANLEY MURRAY CARRINGTON
* Rank Last Held: Private
* Serial No: 32141
* First Known Rank: Rifleman
* Occupation before Enlistment: Labourer
* Next of Kin: Frederick David Carrington (father), Nottingly Road, Hastings
* Body on Embarkation: New Zealand Rifle Brigade
* Embarkation Unit: 13th Reinforcements 2nd Battalion, F Company
* Embarkation Date: 15 November 1916
* Place of Embarkation: Wellington
* Transport: HMNZT 68
* Vessel: Maunganui
* Destination: Plymouth, England
* Last Unit Served: Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
* Place of Death: Le Cateau, France
* Date of Death: 24 October 1918
* Age at Death: 26
* Cause of Death: KILLED IN ACTION
* Memorial Name: Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France
Stanley's PARENTS:
... Frederick David CARRINGTON (1864-1946) & Emma STANLEY (1886-1960)
Stanley's SIBLINGS:
1 1891 - ? Frederick Arthur Carrington
- nothing known
1892 - 1918 Stanley Murray Carrington
- as above
2 1893 - 1980 William Leslie Carrington
- William married Mabel Florence THOMPSON in 1917
3 1896 - 1969 Francis David Carrington
- Francis married Grace Mona KERR in 1925
4 1897 - 1981 Enid Airini Carrington
- Enid married James Adolph MOSSMAN in 1919
5 1898 - 1974 Cedric Carrington
- Cedric married Hannah Beatrice McLEAN in 1925
6 1901 - 1974 Charlotte Emlin Carrington
- Charlotte married Franics Goodwin CHAPMAN in 1926
7 1902 - ? Ada Catherine Carrington
- nothing known
8 1905 - 1990 Archibald Gordon Carrington
- Archibald married Mildred Mary LIST in 1931
9 1908 - 1909 Eric Carrington
- Eric died aged 10 months
10 1910 - 1911 Margery Carrington
- Margery died aged 7 months



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Private 15686 BERNARD CARRINGTON