David Lemon

Forenames

David AWMM

Surname

Lemon AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/4037 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Anglican, Christian AWMM

Birth

20 Feb 1888 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 17 Nov 1915 AWMM c/o Mrs Dumerly, Mary Street, Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Miss E. Lemon (sister), Taumarere, Bay of Islands, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 04 Mar 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/4037 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 17 Nov 1915 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM
Bushman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 04 Mar 1916-08 Apr 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 47 or HMNZT 48 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Tofua AWMM Private AWMM 10th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  6 feet 1 inch AWMM
• Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
  Dark AWMM
• Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Dark AWMM
• Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Brown AWMM
• Distinguishing marks, Unknown Period AWMM
  scar on front of right leg AWMM
• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Son of Margaret Jane and Alexander Lemon of Taumarere, Bay of Islands

Brothers David (12/4037), Jack (John) (12932), and William (11058) served in WW1.

Grave details: 12/4037 Private, D. Lemon, N.Z. Auckland Regt., 25th June 1916 Age 28.

Next of Kin: Mr M. J. Lemon, Taumarere Bay of Isls (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

25 Jun 1916 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France AWMM II. B. 14. AWMM

Memorial name

• Kawakawa RSA, Roll of Honour AWMM
• Kawakawa Memorial Library, now Kawakawa Museum AWMM
• Kawakawa Memorial Library, now Kawakawa Museum, Roll of Honour WW1 AWMM
• Kawakawa Memorial Library, now Kawakawa Museum, Memorial Plaque WW1 AWMM
• Kawakawa District War Memorial, Kawakawa and Districts War Memorial Domain AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• 29 Albert Street, Kawakawa, Bay of Islands AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10918979
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/276727/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/276727
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  26: 9
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• 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.