Charles William Mead

Corporal

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of John and Mary Mead, of Wakefield, Nelson; husband of Mary Brown Mead, of Wakefield.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

“A verdict was returned that, Charles William Mead, aged 69, died at Christchurch on February 21 from heart failure associated with disease of the coronary arteries. At the time of his death Mead was undergoing a course of training at a military camp. Staff-Sergeant John Wilson said that from February 4 until the time of his death Mead was under his command in camp. The work he was doing was not of a strenuous nature. The Coroner: Does not the age question enter into the training of these men? Witness: All the men are selected by Army Headquarters. The Coroner: Does the medical aspect not enter into it? Witness: I do not. think so.”

[Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21069, 14 April 1943, Page 4]

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Casualty

Service Number:

9/1063

Name:

Charles William Mead

Rank:

Corporal

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

New Zealand Military Forces

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of Sickness

Date of Death:

21 February 1943

Day of Death:

Sunday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Wakefield (St. John's Anglican Churchyard) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

101

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand