Profile

BLISSETT, William James
(Service number 23131)

Aliases
First Rank	Lance Corporal	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	25/12/1876	Place of Birth	Near Timaru (Winchester)

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Martinborough
Occupation	Farm labourer
Previous Military Experience	South African War
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs L. NAPIER (sister), 33 Glasgow Street, Dunedin South
Religion	Church of England
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	4th Reinforcements, 4th Battalion, H Company
Date	27 May 1916
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

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

Lost left eye

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	22 July 1960	Age	84 years
Place of Death	Martinborough
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Martinborough Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Block 2, row 14
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William James Blissett was the son William and Hannah (née White) Blissett who came to New Zealand from England, with several children, in the1870s. William was their first child - maybe only child - born in New Zealand. W. J. Blissett lost his left eye in the war.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [23 April 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [23 April 2019]; Cemetery record [23 April 2019]

External Links

Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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