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HONEYWELL, William Berry
(Service number 27294)

Sutherlands War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.20)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	24 December 1886	Place of Birth	Queensland, Australia

Enlistment Information

Date	1 June 1916	Age	29 years
Address at Enlistment	Sutherlands, Canterbury
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	William HONEYWELL (father), Sutherlands, Canterbury
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 2½ inches. Weight 140 lbs. Chest measurement 34-37 inches. Complexion dark. Eyes brown. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth fair. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & metal health. No slight defects. No fits. Teeth require attention.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	18th Reinforcements, j Company
Date	11 October 1916
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
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	22 October 1917	Reason	No longer physically fit for war service on account of wounds received in action.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	17 November 1941	Age	57 years
Place of Death	Christchurch; of Sutherlands
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 18 November 1941
Memorial or Cemetery	Pleasant Point Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 24, Plot 168
New Zealand Memorials	Sutherlands War Memorial

Biographical Notes

William Berry Honeywell was born on 24 December 1886 in Queensland, Australia, the son of William and Mary (née Reid) Honeywell. He married on 27 October 1920 at the Pleasant Point Presbyterian Church, Gladys McKelvy, the sister of Frederick and John McKelvy. His name is recorded on the Sutherlands War Memorial.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [18 August 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5541 0056265) [19 August 2016]; Pleasant Point Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [18 August 2016]; timaru Herald, 27 October 1914, 10 September 1915, 30 & 31 May 1916, 30 June 1917, 19 July 1917, 18 September 1917, 17 September 1919, 12 November 1920, Press, 18 November 1941 (Papers Past) [19 August 2016]; Timaru Herald, 18 & 19 November 1941, 17 December 1941 (Timaru District Library) [18 August 2016]; Marriage record (South Canterbury Museum) [19 August 2016]

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