Private

George Harry Clifford Townson

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of George Edward Townson, of 65, Leet St., Invercargill, New Zealand, and the late Edith Sarah Townson. Also wounded at Gallipoli.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
8/490
Name:
George Harry Clifford Townson
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
George Edward Townson (father), Lumsden, Southland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Gordon Street, Collingwood, Nelson, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Otago Regiment, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
28 September 1916
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death: 
22
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Main Body
Embarkation Place:
Port Chalmers, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
16 October 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 5
HMNZT 9
Vessel:
Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
IV. K. 15.
Cemetery Location: 
France
George Harry Clifford Townson
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