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WALL, William Arthur
(Service number 6/567)

Private W A Wall — From" "South Canterbury Roll of Honour", published 1916 by the South Canterbury Caledonian Society. (South Canterbury Museum 17/15)

St Mary's Church, Timaru, memorial plaque, circa 2010 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.31)

Timaru South School Memorial plaque, 2010 — Mounted on a brick pillar at the School's front gate (South Canterbury Museum )

Sacred Heart Basilica memorial plaque, photographed about 2010 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Aliases	Bill
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	12 November 1879	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age	35 yrs
Address at Enlistment	Edward Street, Timaru
Occupation	Blacksmith
Previous Military Experience	Timaru Rifle Vols - 12 years. South African War - 7th Contingent N. Z. M. R. - 1 yr 6 mths.
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	William Henry WALL (father), Edward Street, Timaru (Decd.); Mrs R. WALL (mother), 18 Edward St, Timaru
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Teeth - fair.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Lyttelton, Canterbury	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns	Gallipoli
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	8 May 1915	Age	40 yrs
Place of Death	Dardanelles
Cause	Killed in action
Notices	Timaru Herald, 14 June 1915
Memorial or Cemetery	Twelve Tree Copse (New Zealand) Memorial, Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Helles, Turkey. Memorial Stone Timaru Cemetery (parents' plot)
Memorial Reference	Timaru Cemetery - General Section, Row 3, Plot 369
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Timaru; Timaru South School WW1 Memorial plaque; St Mary's Anglican Church, Timaru; Timaru South African War Memorial; Albury Football Club Roll of Honour; Albury War Memorial (as W. WALLS); Fairlie War Memorial (as W. WALLS)

Biographical Notes

William Arthur WALL was the eldest son of William Henry and Rebecca WALL, of Timaru. He served as Farrier Sergeant in the South African Campaign. He worked as a blacksmith for many years in Timaru. Bill was remembered at the 5 July 1915 meeting of the Timaru South School Committee. Pte B. S. Graham, of York Street, in a letter to his brother, noted that he was with Charlie Stevenson and Bill Wall when they were hit - "I can tell you that you have no idea what it is like here." In 1927, he was still remebered by his mother in a notice in the Timaru Herald.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [21 July 2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5515 0005780 [July 2013]; CWGC [16 August 2013]; TDC Headstone image Timaru Cemetery [12 September 2013]; Timaru Herald, 14 June 1915, Otago Daily Times, 17 June 1915. Evening Post, 14 June 1915, Press, 14 June 1915, 17 August 1915 (Papers Past) [14 September 2013, 19 November 2013; 16 March 2014]; Timaru Herald, 7 May 1927 (Timaru District Library) [11 April 2014]

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