Lance Corporal

William Whitehouse Blair

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Robert and Ann Blair; husband of Agnes Boyes Blair, of 11, Harper St., Timaru, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
15865
Name:
William Whitehouse Blair
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Agnes Boyes Blair (wife), Harper Street, Timaru, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Storeman
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
3 New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade, 3 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
24 November 1917
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
42
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
26 July 1916
Transport:

HMNZT 59
HMNZT 60
Vessel:
Waitemata or Ulimaroa
Destination:
Devonport, England

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
II. C. 6.
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
William Whitehouse Blair
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