LYALL, William Carnegie
(Service number 46235)
| First Rank | Sergeant | Last Rank | Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 17/10/1888 | Place of Birth | St Andrews |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 2 June 1917 | Age | 28 |
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| Address at Enlistment | Oriwi | ||
| Occupation | School Master | ||
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| Next of Kin | George Lyall (father), Saint Andrews, South Canterbury, 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 | 29th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company | ||
| Date | 8 November 1917 | ||
| Transport | Mokoia | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Glasgow, Scotland |
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| Last Unit Served With | Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion | ||
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 November 1918 | Age | 30 |
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| Place of Death | Le Cateau, France | ||
| Cause | killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; St Andrews War memorial. Family Grave Memorial, Otaio Cemetery, Otaio | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of George and Helen Christina Lyall of St Andrews, South Canterbury, New Zealand. George (father) was the last manager of the Pareoa Estate. Four sons of George and Helen also served during the war: Gordon Gilmore (15927) and William Carnegie (46235) were killed in action, but Angus (15560) and Hugh (74394) returned home.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (May 2014); SCRoll submission by K Lyall, 25 October 2018
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Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG
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