William Vivian Oscar CROXSON

Regimental number8/3548
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinFather, R Croxson, Otahuhu, Auckland
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 rankCorporal
Final unit14th (South Otago) Company, 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 22 December 1918
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row G, Grave No 4), Surrey, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Alexandrina Croxson. Native of Mangere, Auckland
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 17