David MANSON

Regimental number4/424
Address201 Linwood Avenue, Christchurch
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, David Manson, Craigie Station, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationSapper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, New Zealand Field Engineers
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on 16 October 1914
Final rank2nd Corporal
Final unitNew Zealand Engineers
FateDied of wounds 31 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialEast Mudros Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No 76), Greece
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late David and Jacobina Manson
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Died at sea of wounds sustained at Gallipoli.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Engineers/Main Body