Edward Albert MASON

Regimental number24389
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinFather, E P Mason, Pharazyn Road, Feilding
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, Specialist Machine Gun Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
The infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankp
Final unitNo 4 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateDied of wounds 13 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialPoelcapelle British Cemetery (Plot XXX, Row F, Grave No 9), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Margaret Mason, Reid's Lane, Feilding
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 20

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