christine liava'a Posted 12 October , 2004 Share Posted 12 October , 2004 Remembering Today: Pte William POLASCHEK, 14144 1 Bn, Canterbury Regt, who died aged 36 on 12.10.17. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Surname POLASCHEK Given Name William Category Nominal Roll Vol. 2 Regimental Number 14144 Rank Rifleman Next of Kin Title Joseph Next of Kin Surname POLASCHEK Next of Kin Relationship Brother Next of Kin Address Styx Canterbury Roll Roll 34 Page Page 36 Occupation Ploughman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 12 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 12 October , 2004 NEW ZEALAND AND WORLD WAR ONE THE BATTLE FOR PASSCHENDAELE OCTOBER 1917 ROLL OF HONOUR TO THE MISSING The following names are on the Memorial to the Missing at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, Belgium. The memorial bears the names of almost 1200 New Zealanders who fell in the battles for Passchendaele and whose bodies were never recovered. On the 12 October 1917, New Zealand lost 117 officers and 3179 men within a few hours. POLASCHEK William Private 14144 CantReg 12Oct1917 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 12 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 12 October , 2004 presumably a relative, Alan Polaschek, has written 2 definitive books on NZ medals New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order (1993). Haigh, J. Bryant and Polaschek, A.J. The Complete NZ Distinguished Conduct Medal (1993). Polaschek, A.J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 12 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 12 October , 2004 St Joseph's Church, Temuka In Wilkin St. IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF ST JOSEPH'S PARISH, TEMUKA WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 -1918 R.I.P. T. John Brosnahan Edwar Carr Owen Carr John Connell John Donvan William Gason Conrad James Harr Thomas Joseph Histen Thomas Rice Kennedy Richard Naughton James F. O'Connell Michael B. O'Connor Jeremaih O'Neill George Joseph E. Smith T. Joseph Brosnahan Joseph Carr Peter Clarke James Cosgrove Th's Bernard Fitzgerald E.B. Gillespie John Hamilton Thomas Martin Horgan Thomas Lane Thomas Mulvany David O'Connor James Joseph O'Connor Timothy Joseph Perry Patrick Sullivan Francis Hugh Twomey Maurice Butler John Carr James Clarke James Crannitch Edward Friel John Greelish Michael Hamilton Cornelius Horgan Henry Mellon James D. O'Connell Daniel O'Connor Hugh O'Connor William Polaschek Michael Anthony Spring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 12 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 12 October , 2004 Name: POLASCHEK, WILLIAM Initials: W Nationality: New Zealand Rank: Private Regiment: Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. Unit Text: "G" Coy. 1st Bn. Age: 36 Date of Death: 12/10/1917 Service No: 14144 Additional information: Brother of Joseph Polaschek, of 14, Byron St., Sydenham, Christchurch. Native of Temuka, Canterbury. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 3. Cemetery: TYNE COT MEMORIAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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