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ANNAND, William James
(Service number 6/3239)

Aliases
First Rank	Sergeant	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Oamaru	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date	15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915	Age
Address at Enlistment	High St, Timaru
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs J Annand (mother), 83 High St, Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	8th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	13 November 1915
Transport	Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

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	1 January 1979	Age
Place of Death	East Kilbride, Scotland
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of John & Ann (nee Byres) Annand of Timaru. Three of their sons served in World War One: William James Annand (no.6/3239), Stanley George Watson Annand (no.7/2226, killed in action, 1916), and Arthur Douglas Annand (no.14047).

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (August 2014)

External Links

Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG

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