William Carnegie LYALL

Regimental number46235
OccupationSchool master
Next of kinFather, George Lyall, St Andrew's, South Canterbury
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 29th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington, New Zealand, on board SS Mokoia on 13 August 1917
Final rankCorporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 11 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialRomeries Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row A, Grave No 9), Nord, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Helen Lyall, St Andrews, Canterbury
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 15560 Angus LYALL; 15927 Rifleman Gordon Gilmore LYALL, 3rd Bn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, killed in action, 7 June 1917; 74394 Hugh Christopher LYALL
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 70, p. 3

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