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SMALL, William
(Service number 6/723)

Aliases
First Rank	(1) Private; (2) Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	03/12/1883	Place of Birth	Greymouth

Enlistment Information

Date	(1) 17 August 1914	Age	30 years
Address at Enlistment	(1) Fairlie
Occupation	Pastry cook, baker
Previous Military Experience	McKenzie Mounted Rifles - 5 years
Marital Status	(1) Single
Next of Kin	(1) Mrs Small (mother), Fairlie, South Canterbury; (2) Mrs Small (mother), Fairlie, Canterbury
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 10 inches. Weight 151 lbs. Chest measurement 34½-38 inches. Complexion dark. Eyes blue. Hair dark. Sight - both eyes D = 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth artificial. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defcets. Fit for Fiield Force.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	(1) Main Body; (2) New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	(1) Canterbury Infantry Battalion; (2) 10th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Date	(1) 16 October 1914; (2) 4 March 1916
Transport	(1) Tahiti or Athenic; (2) Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From	(1) Wellington; (2) Wellington	Destination	(2) Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Balkan (Gallipoli); Egyptian; Western European
Service Medals	1914-1915 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	6 June 1917	Reason	In consequence of being no longer physically fit for war service on account of illness contracted on Active Service.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	1 April 1937	Age
Place of Death	Geraldine
Cause	Bronchiostasis; Chronic bronchitis; Mustard gas at war
Notices	Timaru Herald, 2 April 1937
Memorial or Cemetery	Geraldine Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 451, Plot 286
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Small was the son of James and Catherine (née Connor) Small, of Fairlie. His brother Daniel lawrence Small was killed in action in 1916 at the Somme and another brother, Francis James Small died of wounds in 1917 in Belgium. Two more brothers, Maurice and Thomas Small, also served in World War One.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [25 July 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives ref. AABK 18805 W5553 0105760) [26 July 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [25 July 2016]; Ashburton Guardian, 20 October 1915, Otago Daily Times, 26 October 1915, Timaru Herald, 27 October 1915, 6 January 1917, Dominion, 4 January 1917, Sun, 7 May 1917 (Papers Past) [26 July 2016]; timaru Herald, 2 & 5 April 1937 (Timaru District Library) [26 July 2016]: Geraldine Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [26 July 2016]; Probate record (Archives NZ/FamilySearch) [27 July 2016]

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