FIELDING, Walter Charles
(Service number 36033)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 27/03/1893 | Place of Birth | Pleasant Point |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Jockey (for S Trilfor) | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs M. Fielding (mother), 18 Dee Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 24th Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 19 April 1917 | ||
| Transport | Moeraki; then transfer to Port Sydney at Sydney for Suez | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
| Other Units Served With | 8 Squadron, Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
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Military Awards
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| Service Medals | British War Medal, Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 4 June 1956 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated at Bromley, Christchurch | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Son of Mary and Frederick Fielding.
Walter's brothers Frederick and George Alfred Fielding also served in the war.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [21 August 2018]; SCRoll web submission by R Evans, 12 August 2019
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Researched and Written by
Tony Rippin, South Canterbury Museum
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