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MASON, William
(Service number 25/507)

St Andrews War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.19 #01)

Name plaque (M-W)), St Andrews War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.19 #03)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Lance Sergeant

Birth

Date	18 July 1882	Place of Birth	Auckland

Enlistment Information

Date	10 December 1915	Age	33
Address at Enlistment	Bonny Glen, Hamilton
Occupation	Baker for L W Faville, Hamilton
Previous Military Experience	Served in the South African War - Army Record Numbers 1134 & 2687.Johannesburg Mounted Rifles - 7 months. South African Light Horse - 7 months.
Marital Status
Next of Kin	W.Mason,(Father), Mercer, New Zealand; later The Drive, Epsom, Auckland.Then when he died Stepmother Mrs Elizabeth Mason, 19 The Drive, Epsom, Auckland.
Religion	Wesleyan
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	3rd Battalion, A Company
Date	2 May 1916
Transport	Uilmaroa or Mokoia or Navua - Ship
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egypt 1916, Egyptian Expeditionary Force 1916 Western Europe 1916-17-18
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

17/9/1916 - Wounded in the thigh in France

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	29 March 1918	Age	35
Place of Death	Somme, France
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France
Memorial Reference	V. 1. 10
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; St Andrews War memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of William & Ellen Mason of Auckland. Possibly the brother of Ada (b.1884) and Lavinia (b.1890).

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (Oct 2013); Auckland Weekly 1918 (Photo); CWGC (Oct 2013); Archways (Oct 2013); NZ War Graves (Oct 2013); NZBDM 1882/1148

External Links

Researched and Written by

Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG

Currently Assigned to

JCl

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