Profile

REGAN, William
(Service number 47080)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	30/08/1894	Place of Birth	Orari Bridge, Geraldine

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	W. REGAN (father), Orari Bridge, Geraldine, South Canterbury
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	25th Reinforcements, J Company
Date	26 April 1917
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
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Military Awards

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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
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Days Interned
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Discharge

Date		Reason

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Death

Date	20 June 1970	Age	75 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference	Block 11, Plot 177
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Regan was the son of William and Margaret Regan. He enlisted after his call up in 1916. Several of William's siblings died young. His brother John died of wounds in 1916 in France. William returned to New Zealand in May 1919 per the "Carpentaria". He married Olive Maytel Henderson in 1927.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [10 April 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [11 April 2019]; Rurur Lawn Cemetery headstone transcription; Sun, 3 May 1919 (Papers Past) [08 April 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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