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FALLON, William
(Service number 60922)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	22 February 1888	Place of Birth	(Oamaru)

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Sherman Street, Waimate
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	John FALLON (father0, Enfield, Oamaru
Religion	Roman Catholic
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	30th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date	13 October 1917
Transport	Corinthic
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

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

Lost right leg

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	6 December 1958	Age	70 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Oamaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Block 157, Plot 8
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Fallon was the son of John and Mary (née Flaherty) Fallon. William was drawn in the 7th ballot in 1917. He married Annie Elizabeth Campbell in 1921.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [13 May 2019]; Oamaru Cemetery headstone transcription; Waimate Daily Advertiser, 9 May 1917 (Papers Past) [29 April 2018]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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