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BLISSARD, William
(Service number 6/416)

Waimate Members of the Expeditionary Force, 1914 — Pictured are (from left to right):
Back Row: L D. Leeden, J. Sutherland, C. Clear, T. Russell, A. Bateman, W. Blissard
Front Row: J. James, W. Glanville, W. Lindsay, C. Barclay, J. Sullivan, G. Lovell (Waimate Museum & Archives 2002-1026-01045)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	16/08/1880	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date	15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915	Age
Address at Enlistment	Waimate
Occupation	Joiner for John Menzies, Waimate
Previous Military Experience	Yes - at Dunedin
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	James V. Blissard (father), 70 Albany Street, Dunedin
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	17 October 1914
Transport	HMNZT 4 Tahiti or HMNZT 11 Athenic
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Suez,Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian 1914-1915, Balkan (Gallipoli) 1915
Service Medals	1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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	25 March 1916	Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

A medical board found William to be no longer fit for service due to suffering gastroenteritis after serving in Gallipoli for seventeen weeks

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	19 May 1968	Age
Place of Death	Dunedin
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (9 September 2015); Archives New Zealand, military personnel file

External Links

Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)

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