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MANGOS, William
(Service number 44130)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Bridge builder
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs M. MANGOS (mother), Post-office, Lyell, Westport; later of Church Street, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Reinforcements G Company
Date	14 March 1917
Transport	Ruapehu
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, 3rd

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
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		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	26 August 1917	Age
Place of Death
Cause	Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Willim MANGOS was the fifth in the family of thirteen of Demetrious Nicolas and Mary Ann (née WILLIAMS) MANGOS. He died on 26 August 1917, five months after embarking, of wounds accidentally received.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 November 2014]; CWGC [17 November 2014]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [19 June 2016]; Timaru Herald, 10 september 1917, 27 September 1917, Colonist, 13 September 1917 (Papers Past) [17 November 2014; 20 June 2016]

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