MANSON, William
(Service number 26/1044)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank | Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 17 February 1888 | Place of Birth | Dunedin |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 13 October 1915 | Age | 27 |
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| Address at Enlistment | Parsonage Rd,Waimate | ||
| Occupation | Draper's Assistant | ||
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| Next of Kin | George Manson (Brother), Northeast Valley, Dunedin, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 4th Battalion, Machine-gun Section | ||
| Date | 2 May 1915 | ||
| Transport | Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua - Ship | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | NZ Machine Gun Corp | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egypt 1916, Egypt Expeditionary Force 1916, Western Europe 1916-17-18 | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 11 June 1918 | Age | 30 |
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| Place of Death | France | ||
| Cause | Died of wounds | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Caudry British Cemetery, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate First World War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of Mr and Mrs James Manson, brother of Annie, George, James and Jessie Renton.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (Oct 2013); Archways (June 2014); CWGC (Oct 2013); NZ War Graves (Oct 2013); NZBDM 1888/15899.
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Researched and Written by
Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG
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