Horace WATERSON

Regimental number8/4052
Place of birthAustralia
True NameWATERSON, Horace Stanley
OccupationFarm labourer
Next of kinSister, Mrs A Filby, Drysdale Post Office, Victoria, Australia
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 10th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
The Infantry component of the 10th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Willochra' and 'Tofua'. It is not possible to determine from the Nominal Roll on which ship an individual embarked. Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 5 March 1916.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 15 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot IX, Row C, Grave No 6), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Esther Waterson
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 19

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