William James GUNSON

Regimental number13/2792
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs G Gunson, Whangarei
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Auckland Mounted Rifles, A Squadron
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 37 Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankGunner
Final unit15th Battery, New Zealand fFeld Artillery
FateDied of wounds 4 January 1918
Place of burialMenin Road South Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row O, Grave No 23), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs H.D. Gunson, 14 Bell Road, Remuera, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 1