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WATERS, George William
(Service number 44177)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Builder
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs E.R.G. Waters (wife), 859 Colombo Street, Christchurch, 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	14 March 1917
Transport	Ruapehu
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion

Military Awards

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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
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Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

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Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	29 September 1918	Age
Place of Death	Havrincourt, France
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, Nord, France
Memorial Reference	IV. G. 14.
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine Church Memorial; Geraldine War Memorial

Biographical Notes

George Waters was the son of William and Francess Waters, of Talbot St., Geraldine, New Zealand; husband of Ellen R G Waters, of 17 Mersey St, Christchurch.

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