William Whitehouse BLAIR

Regimental number15865
OccupationStoreman
Next of kinWife, Mrs Agnes Boyes Blair, Harper Street, Timaru
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 6th Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Waitemata on 26 July 1916
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 24 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records42
Place of burialButtes New British Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No 6), Polygon Wood, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Ann Blair; Wife: Agnes Boyes Blair, 11 Harper Street, Timaru
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 37, p. 17

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