William Stretton

Forenames

William AWMM

Surname

Stretton AWMM

Also known as

William Stretton AWMM

Service number

WWI 25/1212 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Walter Stretton (father), Waitakaruru, Thames, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 25/1212 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 08 Jan 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 38 or HMNZT 39 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Warrimoo AWMM Rifleman AWMM 3rd Battalion, Advance Party, Signalling Section AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Next of Kin: Mr W. Stretton, Waitakaruru, Thames (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

21 Sept 1916 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Memorial name

• Maramarua Memorial AWMM
• Waitakaruru Roll of Honour AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7822314
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/101835/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/101835
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  16: 11
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.