QUAID, William Silvester
(Service number 36486)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 05/08/1877 | Place of Birth | Geraldine |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Pleasant Valley, Geraldine | ||
| Occupation | Labourer, for Edward Murphy of Geraldine | ||
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| Next of Kin | Kyran Quaid (father), Pleasant Valley, Geraldine, Canterbury, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 21 Reinforcements, G Company | ||
| Date | 19 January 1917 | ||
| Transport | Waitemata | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Plymouth, England |
| Other Units Served With | 2 Battalion, Auckland Regiment 2 Battalion, Canterbury Regiment 3 Compnay, New Zealand Entrenching | ||
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| Last Unit Served With | 2 Battalion, Canterbury Regiment | ||
Military Awards
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| Service Medals | British War Medal, Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 5 April 1918 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Somme, France | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Serre Road Cemetery No 1, Pas-de-Calais, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial; Woodbury War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
William Quaid was born in Geraldine on 5 August 1877, to Mr and Mrs Kyran Quaid of Pleasant Valley, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Prior to his enlistment in 1916 William weas employed as a labourer for Edward Murphy of Geraldine. His last address was initially living at Pleasant Valley.
William was posted to 21 Reinforcements on 20 September 1916. After arriving in the United Kingdom, he was posted from 5 Reserve Battalion, 3rd Rifle Brigade, to 15 Company, 3 Battalion Auckland Infantry regiment in April 1917 at Sling Camp. At the end of May William spent about two weeks in No.3 NZ General Hospital with mumps.
On 6 July 1917 William was posted overseas – to the front in France and Belgium. There he joined 2 Battalion, Auckland Regiment until being transferred to 2 Battalion, Canterbury Regiment in early August 1917. From 20 November 1917 until 23 February 1918 he was detached to 3 Company, New Zealand Entrenching battalion. About six weeks after returning to his unit, 2 Battalion Canterbury Regiment, Quaid was killed in action on 5 April 1918, in the field in Flanders.
After the war William’s medals, a British War Medal and Victory Medal, was forwarded to his brother, Thomas Quaid, at Westerfield, Ashburton. Quaid had served in New Zealand from 20 September 1916 until 19 January 1917, when he proceeded overseas.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [4 Jan 2014]; Military Record - Archives New Zealand, Wellington Office Item ID R20803525
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John Sutherland, SC branch NZSG; Tony Rippin, South Canterbury Museum
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