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SAUNDERS, Walter Henry
(Service number 38984)

Aliases
First Rank	Lance Sergeant	Last Rank

Birth

Date	23 August 1896	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Studholme Junction
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Edwin SAUNDERS (father), Studholme Junction
Religion	Methodist
Medical Information

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	22nd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date	16 February 1917
Transport	Navua
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
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Discharge

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Death

Date	3 September 1976	Age	80 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Masterton Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Block D, Row 2
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Walter Henry Saunders, born on 23 August 1896 at Waimate, was the eldest son of Edwin Lewis and Mary Ann (née Maberley) Saunders.He married anetta Overi Hornblow on 6 September 1922.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [01 February 2018]; NX BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [01 February 2018]; Masterton Cemetery headstone transcription (NZSG cemetery records) [01 February 2018]

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