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McCLELLAND, William Thomas
(Service number 6/1651)

Temuka War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #01)

Temuka War Memorial dedication inscription, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #05)

Temuka War Memorial plaque, names M-Y, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Rangitata Island School Honours Board — (Courtesy of L Naughton )

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Sergeant

Birth

Date	19/02/1896	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age	About 18
Address at Enlistment	W.J. Beattie, Hilton, New Zealand
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	William Thomas McClelland (Father) C/- Post Office, Winchester South Canterbury, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	3rd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	14 February 1915
Transport	Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egypt 1915-16, Egypt Expeditionary Force 1916, Balkan 1915, Western Europe 1916-17-18
Service Medals
Military Awards	Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)

Award Circumstances and Date

London Gazette, 4 January 1917, p261, Rec No132: "Action: Goose Alley, drop Alley, Flers Trench, West of Flers, 20th/21st September 1916. When the 2nd Canterbury Battalion was heavily counter attacked during the afternoon of the 21st September this non-commissioned officer stuck to his post under great pressure, and endeavoured to rescue a wounded man under heavy bomb fire."

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	14 August 1918	Age	22
Place of Death	Bapaume, France
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy, Pas de Calais, France
Memorial Reference	I O 14
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial; Temuka RSA Roll of Honour; Winchester War Memorial; Rangitata Island School Honours Board; Temuka War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of Thomas William McClelland of Winchester.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (Oct 2013); CWGC (Nov 2013); NZ War Graves; see also Winsome Grffin's family history pages at http://winsomegriffin.com/Benbow/ThomasWarnickMcClelland.html

External Links

Researched and Written by

Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG

Currently Assigned to

JCl

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