Richard Burnside MASON

Regimental number11/1341
AddressKoromiko Street, Gonville
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jessie Mason, Koromiko Street, Gonville, Wanganui
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 28 Tofua on 14 August 1915
Final rankTrooper
Final unitNew Zealand Mounted Machine Gun Squadron
FateDied of wounds 10 August 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsKantara Memorial, Egypt
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs J. Mason, late of 38 River Bank, Wanganui
Other details

War service: Egypt

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Sixth