William John Eunson

Forenames

William John AWMM

Surname

Eunson AWMM

Service number

WWI 25/621 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

23 Jul 1892 Kiwi Jocks Research
Gaila, Fair Isle, Shetland Islands AWMM

Next of kin

Thomas Eunson (father), 3 Sinclair Road, Aberdeen, Scotland AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 25/621 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Carpenter/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 05 Feb 1916-12 Mar 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 42 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Rifleman AWMM 3rd Battalion, D Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Unknown AWMM Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Eunson, of Sinclair Rd., Torry, Aberdeen, Scotland. AWMM

Death

5 Nov 1919 AWMM

Cemetery

Hamilton East Cemetery, Hungerford Crescent, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM Soldiers Area E3, Grave 224. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21001241
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643273/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643273
  Further Reference

References

• HMNZT 42. The blast : the magazine of the Third Battalion of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. (1917). London: John Long Ltd. ; [On board ship] : [H.M.N.Z.T. No. 42, Ulimaroa]
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  24: 15
• Kiwi Jocks or Scottish-born New Zealand soldiers in the NZEF. Information kindly provided by Andrew Nixon, Scotland between 2009 and 2010.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.