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MAYLEN, William
(Service number 49638)

Mackenzie County soldiers, 1917 — This group all embarked in 1917 and all come from the Cave - Albury - Cricklewood area of the MacKenzie County. All were 2nd South Canterbury Infantry, except Casey, who was NZ Rifle Brigade. Most embarked in June 1917, except Robert Nelson who didn’t leave until October, meaning the image was probably taken in England.

Pictured are:
BACK ROW: L/Cpl Arthur George Curtis, Pte William Maylen (DOD), Pte Robert Nelson, Pte William Hugh Corbett, Pte Adam Corbett (KIA).
FRONT ROW: Rfm Richard Casey & Pte Thomas Nelson (DOW)

The Nelsons were brothers, as were the Corbetts. (Courtesy of P Bishop )

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	26/04/1894	Place of Birth	Caithness, Scotland

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Cricklewood, South Canterbury, New Zealand
Occupation	Ploughman
Previous Military Experience	Seaforth Highlanders
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Jane Maylen (mother), Latheron Wheel, Latheron, caithness, Scotland
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	27th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Unit, Squadron, or Ship
Date	12 June 1917
Transport	Tahiti
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion

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

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	8 March 1918	Age	23
Place of Death	France
Cause	Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Doullens Communal Cemetry, Extension No 1, Somme, France
Memorial Reference	V.C. 18
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Albury War Memorial, Fairlie War Memorial; Latheron War Memorial, Caithness Scotland

Biographical Notes

William Maylen, born in Scotland, was the son of Joseph and Jane Maylen. He had been reideing in New Zealand for three years at the time of his enlistment, his last employer being Ploughman working for D Morrison of Limestone Valley, Albury. William Maylen had his farewell at Te Ngawai School.

Sources

Cenataph database (October 2014); Tmaru Herald 14 Feb 1917 (http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/); rootsweb.ancestry.com, warmemscot.s4.bitzhat.com; Jeremy Sutherland, Albury District War Record 1914-1918

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Researched and Written by

Ann Munro, SC branch NZSG

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