William George HITCHMAN

Regimental number49710
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinFriend, Mrs K J R Maclarn, Manunui
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 88 Athenic on 16 July 1917
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 27 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialSt Sever Cemetery Extension (Section S, Plot II, Row TC, Grave No 9), Rouen, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Eliza Hitchman, Te Rehunga, Napier
Family/military connectionsBrother: 14629 Pte Hugh Joseph Carroll HITCHMAN, 1st Bn, Wellington Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 1 August 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 68, p. 9

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