William BATSON

Regimental number12724
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs J H Brown, Oratia via Waikumete, Auckland
Rank on embarkationDriver
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 13th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 27 May 1916
The Nominal Roll gives the date of embarkation as 27 May 1916; harbour records show that the actual date of embarkation was 31 May 1916.
Final rankGunner
Final unit3rd Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of disease 10 November 1918
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialAwoingt British Cemetery (Plot III, Row D, Grave No 2), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents (adoptee): Frederick and Elizabeth Batson, Okaihau
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 33, p. 18

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