William James Cuthbertson

Company Quartermaster Sergeant

Awards

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Son of Mrs. A. Cuthbertson, of Hillerest, Dundonald, Co. Down, Ireland. Served in Egypt, 1916, and on the Western Front, 1916-17.

References:

CWGC

Archives New Zealand

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"An inquest into the death of W. J. Cuthbertson, a returned soldier, who was found dead in a lavatory in Customs Street West on Thursday afternoon, was held by the coroner, Mr. J. E. Wilson, S.M., yesterday afternoon. The finding of the coroner was that death was due to shock, caused by swallowing corrosive poison, self-administered, while under the influence of intoxicating liquor.

[New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17453, 24 April 1920, Page 6]

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Casualty

Service Number:

12/3603

Name:

William James Cuthbertson

Rank:

Company Quartermaster Sergeant

Date of Birth:

Not known

Place of Birth:

Ireland

Next of Kin:

J. Cuthbertson (brother), 50 Curran Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Occupation on Enlistment:

Agent

Unit:

NZEF, Auckland Regiment

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Suicide

Date of Death:

22 April 1920

Day of Death:

Thursday

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Embarkation Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

08 January 1916

Transport:

HMNZT 37

Vessel:

Maunganui

Destination:

Suez, Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Waikaraka Park Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Area 2, Block W, Grave 90.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand