Topic: William Alexander MCNAUGHTON

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Employer: RL Tippler, Shannon.

Next of Kin: Father at 29 Hope St, Dunedin.

 

Hair: Dk Brown                      Eyes: Hazel

Height: 5'9½"                        Weight: 11st

Complexion: Fair

Had been in the Territorials.

Age on enlistment: 20 years 5 months. (William gave his birth year as 1895 when he enlisted so he was 20 years and 6 months old, when in fact he was a year younger having been born in 1896).

Thankyou to Alan McNaughton for sharing information and sending the photograph of William.

 

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William Alexander MCNAUGHTON


Date of birth:28 August 1896
Date of death:05 May 1917
Place of birth:Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Awards:British War Medal, Victory Medal
Occupation:Driver
Cause of death:Killed in action
Place of death:Belgium
Buried where:Maple Leaf Cemetery, Belgium. G. 2
Spouses name:Unmarried
Fathers name:James George McNaughton
Mothers name:Frances (née Simpson)
Siblings:Isabella Frances (m 1913 Wright), George Gordon (b 1889 also served WW1, Regimental Number 25/791), Ellen Rubina (Ruby, b 1894), Frank Herbert (b 1898, a Home Guardsman in WW1), and
Parents place of marriage:Dunedin, New Zealand
Date of arrival overseas:27 July 1916
Theatres of war:Western Europe 1916 - 1917
Place of embarkation:on "Tofua"
Surname:MCNAUGHTON
War memorial:Shannon, Levin, Weraroa Peace Gates
Place enlisted:Trentham
Christian names:William Alexander
Place of arrival overseas:Devonport, England
School:George St Dunedin; Mornington Dunedin
Wars:WW1
Service number:22846
Religion:Church of England
Date enlisted:07 February 1916
Final rank:Rifleman
Regiment or service:1st Bn 3rd NZ Rifle Brigade/"F" Coy 13th Reinforcements
Embarkation date:29 May 1916
User reference:7.23
 
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