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SANDERSON, William
(Service number 7/1410)

Aliases
First Rank Trooper Last Rank Trooper

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Care of P. Batchelor, Marchwell Street, Timaru, New Zealand
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin G. Sanderson, Ashfield Grove, Rosella Estate, North Shields, England
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 6th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date 14 August 1915
Transport Tofua
Embarked From Wellington, New Zealand Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

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Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
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Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 9 August 1916 Age 26
Place of Death Egypt
Cause Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Memorial Reference A. 63.
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

William Sanderson was the son of George and Alice Ann Sanderson, of 12 Ashfield Grove, Rosella Estate, North Shields, England.

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