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Ernest Edward Mason

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Headstone of Private Ernest Edward Mason (44755). Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. New Zealand War Graves Trust (BEDA9594). CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Headstone of Private Ernest Edward Mason (44755). Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaand …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Mason AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 44755 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    E. Mason (father), Surrey Orchards, Te Kauwhata, via Mercer, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 44755 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Orchardist/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    07 Oct 1917 {Age 21} AWMMDied of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
    Received at Gravenstafel during the Battle of Passchendaele. AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Ernest Mason was the son of Edward and Alice Mason, of England.

    Brother of Harry Roy Mason (44754), who also served during World War I. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    7 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM IV.A.10. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Mr. E. Mason, of the firm of Arch. Clark and Sons Ltd., has been advised of the death of his youngest son, Private E. E. Mason, from wounds received in action in the recent fighting in France. Private Mason, who was born and educated in London, came to Auckland four years ago, and with his brother, Private H. R. Mason, carried on a fruit farm at Te Kauwhata until both enlisted and left together with the twenty-fourth reinforcement draft. (Auckland Weekly News, 18 October 1917, p. 45) AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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

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Sources

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  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      59: 13 AWMM
    • Auckland Weekly News AWMM
      Obituary: Auckland Weekly News, 18 October 1917, p. 45. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM
    • NZWGT: Information supplied by the New Zealand War Graves Trust as part of the New Zealand War Graves project. This project was established in 2006 to record in text and photographs the 31,758 New Zealanders who have been identifed as serving with New Zealand or Allied forces, and who died in conflicts from the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) up to the present day and in peacekeeping operations. AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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