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ADDISON, Lancelot Joseph
(Service number 6/1445)

Aliases
First Rank Sergeant Last Rank

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date 15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915 Age
Address at Enlistment Makikihi
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mrs A. Addison (mother), Cranbrook, Kent, England
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 3rd Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date 14 February 1915
Transport Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima
Embarked From Wellington Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
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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 7 August 1915 Age 24
Place of Death Gallipoli, Turkey
Cause Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Chunuk Bair (NZ) Memoprial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
Memorial Reference Panel 12
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of the late William Grylls Addison & Alice Addison of 3 West Terrace, Cranbrook, Kent, England.

Sergeant Addison was killed in action oo Rhododendron Spur during the August offensive on Chunuk Bair. His brother Corporal John Humphrey Addison (Canterbury Infantry Battalion, no. 6/1444) also served on Gallipoli. He is listed with the incorrect rank by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (August 2014)

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Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG

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