WHETTON, Charles Harold
(Service number 23/2114)
| First Rank | Last Rank | Rifleman |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
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| Next of Kin | Mrs A.E. Whitton (mother), Bute Street, Aramoho, Wanganui, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 4th Reinforcements 1st Battalion, E Company | ||
| Date | 4 March 1916 | ||
| Transport | Willochra or Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 27 May 1917 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Messines, Belgium | ||
| Cause | Killed in Action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Charles Whetton was the son of Charles Binning Whetton and Ann E Whetton, of Peel Forest, New Zealand.
Sources
Surname is recorded as Whitton on the Nominal Roll. On Archives New Zealand, CWGC and newspaper citation the surname is Whetton.
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