William Silvester Quaid

Forenames

William Silvester AWMM

Surname

Quaid AWMM

Service number

WWI 36486 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

05 August 1877

Public - Nicki - Researcher - 27 June 2021 - NZBDM Birth index 1877/13515; Military Personnel File

Place of birth

Geraldine, Canterbury, New Zealand

Public - Nicki - Researcher - 27 June 2021 - NZBDM Birth index 1877/13515; Military Personnel File

Address before enlistment

Pleasant Valley, Geraldine, Canterbury

Public - Nicki - Researcher - 27 June 2021 - Military Personnel File

Next of kin

WW1 Kyran Quaid (father), Pleasant Valley, Geraldine, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 36486 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 19 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 75 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Rifleman AWMM Reinforcements, G Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

William Quaid was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kyran Quaid, of Pleasant Valley, Canterbury, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

5 Apr 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Serre Road Cemetery No 1, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM II. B. 7. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20803525
  Further Reference
• SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour)
  https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=2094
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/593795/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/593795
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  52: 30
• 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. 1: Includes portrait
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• Waitemata wobbler : N.Z. Exped. Forces, XXI Reinforcement. De La Mare, Frederick Archibald, 1877-, editor. Rowland, A.E.M. (Albert Edward MacKay), editor. Harris, E.W. (Edwin Walter), editor. -- [On board ship] : [Magazine Committee] Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : [1917].