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WALL, William Cameron
(Service number 78729)

Aliases	Cameron
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Birth

Date	13/06/1889	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

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Address at Enlistment
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married to Mary TAVENDALE in September 1911 at St Patrick's Church, Waimate
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Military Service

Served with	New Zealand Armed Forces (?)	Served in
Military District

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Post-war Occupations

Motor mechanic

Death

Date	28 July 1967	Age	84 yrs
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Memorial Park Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference	Block 2, Plot 155
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Cameron WALL was the second son of John and Henrietta (nee CAMERON) WALL. Cameron was educated at Redcliff and Tawai schools, near Waimate. His brother Thomas Duncan WALL also served in WWI.

Sources

Memorial Park Cemetery, Christchurch, burial records (Christchurch City Council online) [13 August 2014] ; Memorial Park Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG Cemetery Records microfiche) [15 August 2014]

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