William John STONE

Regimental number6/1990
AddressMurchison
Marital statusMarried
Next of kinWife, Mrs Blanche Stone, Reservoir, Nelson
Rank on embarkationLieutenant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 21 Willochra on 17 April 1915
Final rankCaptain
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 13 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row C, Grave No 8), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James E. and Sarah Stone, Nelson; Wife: Blanche Letitia Stone, Pigeon Valley, Wakefield
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Fourth