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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
William John Maker |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
William John |
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| Surname: |
Maker |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
9/1332 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| First Known Rank: |
Trooper |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs M. Maker (mother), care of Prince Bell, Clyde Street, Balclutha, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Balclutha, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Otago |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
6th Reinforcements |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Special Squadrons |
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| Embarkation Date: |
14 August 1915 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Willochra or Tofua |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
478 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps, No. 1 Company |
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| Place of Death: |
Ypres, Belgium |
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| Date of Death: |
4 October 1917 |
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| Age at Death: |
28 |
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| Year of Death: |
1917 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Memorial Name: |
Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
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| Memorial Reference: |
N.Z. Apse, Panel 9. |
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| Biographical Notes: |
William Maker was the son of William and Margaret Maker, of Barr St., Balclutha, Dunedin, New Zealand. |
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
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