William Alfred Perreau

Forenames

William Alfred AWMM

Surname

Perreau AWMM

Service number

WWI 40633 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1890 AWMM

Next of kin

J.E. Perreau (brother), care of Dannevirke Co-operative Association (Limited), Dannevirke, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 40633 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Laboratory assistant/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Mar 1917-21 May 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 79 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu AWMM Private AWMM 23rd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Complications from an industrial accident AWMM

Last rank

WW1 7 Jan 1919 AWMM
End of war AWMM
Rifleman AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

Died leaving three young children

His British War Medal and honourable discharge certificate were bought on Trademe and restored to William's grandson living in Australia, in 2009 by Sarndra Lees

Headstone was erected but regretfully in the wrong section in August/September 2009; the Cemetery arranged for the correct placement and this was completed about September 2009 AWMM

Death

7 Dec 1927 AWMM
Age  37 AWMM

Cause of death

Accidental Death AWMM

Cemetery

Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Anglican Division E, Row 4 Plot 94 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20800585
  Further Reference
• William Alfred Perreau. Website of Sarndra Lees pictures and an account of how the items were returned to family in Australia
  http://www.sarndra.com/perreau.html
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
  Correspondence
• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  57: 6
• 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. 4: Includes portrait
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• HMNZT 79 - Our grins : just a souvenir of the 23rds -- [Capetown?] : [Magazine Committee] : [1917]