William Henry PIDGEON

Regimental number68748
OccupationContractor
Next of kinMother, Mrs W Pidgeon, Okain's Bay, Akaroa
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 35th Reinforcements, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Tofua on 2 March 1918
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 9 September 1918
Place of burialMetz-en-Couture Cemetery British Extension (Plot IV, Row B, Grave No 19(, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs W. Pidgeon; Wife: Mrs Ida A. Dew (formerly Pidgeon), O'Kains Bay, Akaroa
Family/military connectionsBrother: 7/583 Trooper Hector Owen PIDGEON DCM, Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment, died of wounds, 28 August 1915.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Rolls Vol. 4: Roll 80, p. 13

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