LAWTON, William
(Service number 6/3772)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth | New Zealand |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | A. Lawton (brother), Tisbury, via Invercargill, New Zealand | ||
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 | 9th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 8 January 1916 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
| Other Units Served With | |||
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 1 October 1916 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Somme, France | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Caterpilllar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longguval, Somme, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Albury War Memorial; Fairlie War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of William and Sarah Jane Lawton
Sources
Cenotaph database (October 2014); Invercargill Cemetery database; NZ Historical BDM records (bdmhistoricalrecords,dai.govt.nz)
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Ann Munro, SC branch NZSG
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