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MAGON, Frederick Lawrence
(Service number 6/4089)

First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	27/08/1893	Place of Birth	Greenpark, Canterbury, NZ

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Hunter, Makikihi
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	F. M. MAGON (father), Hunter, Makikihi
Religion	Presbyterian

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	10th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Date	4 March 1916
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From		Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Gunshot wound to left foot. Some permanent disability.

Post-war Occupations

Metal worker

Death

Date	9 March 1972	Age	78 years
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

frederick Lawrence Magon was the younger son of Frederick and Lillian (Lily, née Carter). Private F. L. Magon, Makikihi, was one of the recruits for the Tenth Reinforcements who left South Canterbury in mid November 1915 for Trentham Camp.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 August 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [14 August 2019]; Timaru Herald, 13 November 1915 (Papers Past) [12 August 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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