BACON, William Oliver Haylock
(Service number 11600)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 22/01/1893 | Place of Birth | Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, England |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | C/o Mrs Cameron, Timaru Road, Waimate. Also E. LAW (friend), 8 Merry Street, Waimate | ||
| Occupation | Baker | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs Naomi BACON (mother), 30 Northgate St, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk, England | ||
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 | 12th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 1 May 1916 | ||
| Transport | Ulimaroa | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 21 December 1966 | Age | 73 years |
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| Place of Death | Wakari Hospital, Dunedin | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Andersons Bay Crematorium, Dunedin (ashes scattered) | ||
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Biographical Notes
William Oliver Haylock Bacon was the son of Jabez Nathan and Naomi (née Haylock) Bacon. In 1901 William was at home in England with his parents, the only child. He returned to New Zealand in March 1919 per the "Athenic". In 1919 he married Edith Law, probably the friend who was a next-of-kin. Edith died in 1972.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [16 March 2019]; Andersons Bay Crematorium records (Dunedin City Council) [16 March 2019]; Sun, 8 March 1919 (Papers Past) [11 March 2019]
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