MATHIESON, Colin Charles
(Service number 29823)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 13 May 1892 | Place of Birth | Australia |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 28 June 1916 | Age | 24 |
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| Address at Enlistment | Bluff, New Zealand | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs M.E.D. Mathieson, (Wife) Bluff, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 18th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion. D Company | ||
| Date | 16 October 1916 | ||
| Transport | Willochra | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Devonport, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | 1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Western Europe 1917-18 | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 10 December 1918 | Age | 26 |
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| Place of Death | Walton on Thames,UK ex France | ||
| Cause | Died of Wounds | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Bluff War Memorial | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | 2015 additions to the Tiimaru Memorial Wall | ||
Biographical Notes
The youngest son of the late A. and Mary Ann Mathieson of Mt Cole Creek, Via Ararat, Victoria, Australia. Brother of Jan Mathieson (GPO, Bluff) and Alexr Mathieson (of Greenhills, Invercargill). Married Margaret Ethel Owen Cooper Gibson at Bluff on 16 August 1916. Mathieson had several step children: Ethel May (b.1906), Robert Ernest (b.1908), and Alice Lilian (b.1910), all born at Bluff. Mathieson'd wife lived at Bluff until 26 March 1920 when she moved to 49 Catherine St, Timaru.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (Oct 2013); Archways (Oct 2013); CWGC (Oct 2013); NZ War Graves (Oct 2013); NZBDM 1889/6331; Paul McNicholl's list of additional names for the Tiimaru Memorial Wall (August 2013)
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Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG
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