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WORNER, George William
(Service number 31758)

Aliases
First Rank Sergeant Last Rank

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment 4 Surrey Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation Blacksmith
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Miss L. Priest (friend), 4 Surrey Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 19th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Date 15 November 1916
Transport Maunganui or Tahiti
Embarked From Wellington, New Zealand Destination Plymouth or Devonport, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Auckland Infantry Regiment

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

Death

Date 10 April 1917 Age
Place of Death Ypres, Belgium
Cause Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial

Biographical Notes

George was the son of Frederick William and Florence May Worner (nee Helem), one of the couple's nine children.

Two of his brothers, Alfred and Alexander Worner, also served in the war and all three were killed in action.

Sources

Cenotaph (12 August 2013)

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Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)

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