DRUMMOND, William Stewart
(Service number 74424)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 10 March 1898 | Place of Birth | Mosgiel |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 52 Raymond Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Telegraph Cadet | ||
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| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs E. L. DRUMMOND (wife), care of J. STEWART, Crookston, Otago; for a time, at Church Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 43rd Reinforcements, F Company | ||
| Date | 17 August 1918 | ||
| Transport | Ruahine | ||
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 29 March 1982 | Age | 84 years |
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| Place of Death | Timaru | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Salisbury Park Crematorium, Timaru. | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
William Stewart Drummond, known as Willie, was born on 10 March 1898 at Mosgiel, the younger son of George William and Jane Brown (née Stewart) Drummond. His father died in 1900, leaving Jane with two little sons. Willie started at Mosgiel School, moving to Timaru Main after seven months. Late in 1907 Willie and his brother George entered Gisborne Upper Central School and at the beginning of the 1908 school year Whatatutu School in the Gisborne district. William married Elsie Laura Packman on 3 December 1917 at Chalmers Church, Timaru. He was a telegraph cadet living at home with his mother in Timaru when he enlisted, naming his wife as next-of-kin. W. S. Drummond was in quite a large draft of men who went into camp at the beginning of March 1918 as South Canterbury’s quota for the 39th Reinforcements. Before leaving the men were given a brief farewell at the Drill Shed. His older brother, George Drummond, also served in World War I.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 August 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [04 August 2020]; School Admission records [04 August 2020]; Salisbury Park Crematorium record & headstone image [04 August 2020]; Timaru Herald, 2 March 1918 (Papers Past) [10 January 2016]
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