William Charles Daulton

Title

Trooper

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Forenames

William Charles AWMM

Surname

Daulton AWMM

Service number

WWI 11/1788 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Roman Catholic

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Birth

22 Aug 1885 Public Source

Date of birth

22 August 1885

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Place of birth

Matawhero, Gisborne

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Birth notes

son of Thomas & Sarah Daulton of Manutuke, Gisborne

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Manutuke, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Joe Daulton (brother), Manutuke, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
• Mother - Sarah Daulton of Manutuke then of Taneatua, BOP
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Relationship status

Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Mounted Rifles Brigade, Wellington Mounted Rifles
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Service number

WWI 11/1788 AWMM

Military service

1915-1916

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Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Occupation before enlistment

Farmer at Manutuke

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Embarkation details

WW1 09 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo AWMM Trooper AWMM Wellington Mounted Rifles AWMM 7th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Wellington Mounted Rifles AWMM

• Next of Kin: Mrs S. J. Daulton, Manutuke, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
• William Charles Daulton was brother to Pte Thomas Milton Daulton SA War 7th Cngt: # 6330; 9th Cngt: # 8188 who died in NZ after being invalided home, and Rflmn Royal Frederick Daulton # 18630 who was killed in Action in France
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Death

23 Dec 1916 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM A. 194. AWMM

Obituary

Trooper Wm. Chas. Daultpn, reported to have died of wounds, is a son of Mrs Daulton bf Manutuke and was well known in the district. He left Gisborne with the 8th Reinforcements, and was attached to the Wellington Mounted Rifles. Trooper Daulton who was engaged in farming pursuits at Manutuke, was 30 years of age, and he is reported to have died of wounds on December 23. There are two other brothers at the front

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POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLIV, ISSUE 14187, 3 JANUARY 1917, PAGE 3

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20995289
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/474497/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/474497
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 174
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 3: Includes portrait
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.