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QUAID, William Silvester
(Service number 36486)

William (Bill) Quaid, circa 1917 — (Courtesy of P Mulvey )

Woodbury War Memorial, pictured in 2010 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.37 (#1))

William (Bill) Murphy and his cousin(?) William (Bill) Quaid, circa 1917 — (Courtesy of P Mulvey )

Pleasant Valley Hall memorial & flag, pictured in2021 — The memorial tablets recorded those from the district who served, as well as those who fell. The flag was won, in the First World War, by the district that raised the most money for the war effort. (South Canterbury Museum )

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Kyran Quaid (father), Pleasant Valley, Geraldine, 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 Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Reinforcements G Company
Date	19 January 1917
Transport	Waitemata
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Plymouth, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns
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	5 April 1918	Age
Place of Death	Somme, France
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Serre Road Cemetery No 1, Pas-de-Calais, France
Memorial Reference	II. B. 7.
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial; Woodbury War Memorial

Biographical Notes

William Quaid was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kyran Quaid, of Pleasant Valley, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [4 Jan 2014]; Military Record - Archives New Zealand, Wellington Office Item ID R20803525

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Researched and Written by

John Sutherland, SC branch NZSG

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