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WOTTON, William Burnard
(Service number 3/735)

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Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment 92 Arthur Street, Timaru, New Zealand
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mrs M.E. Wotton (mother), 92 Arthur Street, Timaru, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation No. 2 Stationary Hospital
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Medical Corps
Date 13 June 1915
Transport Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima
Embarked From Wellington, New Zealand Destination Suez, Egypt (24 July - 6 August 1915)
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With New Zealand Medical Corps

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 22 September 1916 Age
Place of Death Somme, France
Cause Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Memorial plaque, St Paul's Church, No 3 Field Ambulance, 25 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimataitai School War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Sources

Cenotaph (12 Aug 2013)

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Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)

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