William David GOLD

Regimental number7/335
AddressKowai Bush
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, William Gold, Kowai Bush, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Lyttelton on 16 October 1914
The Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment, Main Body, embarked on board two ships, HMNZT 4 'Tahiti' and HMNZT 11 'Athenic'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitCanterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateDied of wounds 14 August 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialKantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No 106), Egypt
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Johann Gold, Kowai Bush
Family/military connectionsBrother: 10/2158 Sapper Robert Edward GOLD, New Zealand Engineers, killed in action, 1 October 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Main Body