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STARK, William Young
(Service number 36490)

Aliases
First Rank Rifleman Last Rank Private

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Carpenter
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin W J Start (father) Wakoikoi, South Otago
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation NZ Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Reinforcements G Company
Date 19 January 1917
Transport HMNZT 75 Waitemata
Embarked From Wellington Destination Plymouth, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Wellington Infantry Regiment, 3rd 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 21 July 1917 Age
Place of Death Ypres, Belgium
Cause Killed in Action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Motor Car Corner Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
Memorial Reference B 20
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

Son of William John and Sarah Jane Start of Waikoikoi

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Liz Shea (SC branch NZSG)

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