William Charles BRITTON

Regimental number9/1782
Place of birthSouth Canterbury
OccupationPloughman
Next of kinMother, Mrs L Britton, Fritz Street, Palmerston North
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles, D Squadron
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankGunner
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 14 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialLebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No 27), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Lucy Britton, 51 Lombard Street, Palmerston
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 10

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