William Charles MEAGER

Regimental number27536
OccupationPostal official
Next of kinMother, Mrs Kate Meager, Orepuki, Southland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 17th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Pakeha on 23 September 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 18 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No 5), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs K. Meager, Orepuki
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname entered incorrectly on Nominal Roll as MEAGHER.
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 16