Forenames

William John AWMM

Surname

Stone AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/1990 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

5 Oct 1887 AWMM

Address before enlistment

• Unknown AWMM Murchison, New Zealand AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM

Next of kin

• Mrs Blanche Stone (wife), Reservoir, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Blanche Stone (wife), Reservoir, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 17 Apr 1915 AWMM Married AWMM
• Pre 15 Nov 1916 AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/1990 AWMM

Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Unknown/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Foreman carpenter/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 17 Apr 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 21 or HMNZT 22 or HMNZT 23 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM
• WW1 15 Nov 1916 AWMM
  HMNZT 68 or HMNZT 69 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM 19th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Captain/Military AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

William Stone was the son of James E. and Sarah Stone, of Nelson, New Zealand; husband of Blanche Letitia Stone, of Pigeon Valley, Wakefield.

SuppNom: Ex 4th Reinforcements. AWMM

Death

13 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XXI. C. 8. AWMM

Memorial name

Nelson Cenotaph, Anzac Park, Nelson

Public - Peter - Researcher - 30 October 2018 - on site

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7822039
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7880950
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/433311/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/433311
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Museum Profile
  https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/4175
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
• Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 698
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  45: 10
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• HMNZT 69 - The oilsheet -- At sea : Printed and published on the high seas for the Committee by Corpl. Jas. Perry. : 1916-17