MITCHELL, William John
(Service number 4/1339A)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Sapper |
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Birth
| Date | 25/08/1893 | Place of Birth | Dunedin |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Church Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Carpenter | ||
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| Marital Status | Single; married 1918 | ||
| Next of Kin | W. D. MITCHELL (father), Church Street, Timaru; Mrs W. J. MITCHELL (wife), 2 St Peters Terrace, Ilfracombe, North Devon, England | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 2nd Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 14 December 1914 | ||
| Transport | Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | ||
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| Last Unit Served With | NZ Engineers | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 16 March 1980 | Age | 86 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Salisbury Park Crematorium, Timaru; ashes interred Timaru Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
William John Mitchell was born on 25 August 1893 at Dunedin, the second and older surviving son of William Dunn and Maria (née Jeffrey) Mitchell, their first-born having died in infancy. A single man, employed as a carpenter for the Education Board at Timaru, he enlisted early in the war. He returned home after four years and 133 days of serviceoverseas, and with a wife. William married Beatrice May Hooper on 28 September 1918 at the IParish Church at Ilfracombe, Devon, England. His younger brother, Smith Bryce Mitchell, also served in World War I. Bryce married Eleanor McCartney in 1925.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 August 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [04 August 2020]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [05 August 2020]; Salisbury Park Crematorium record [05 August 2020]
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