William Allison
Born 10 Nov 1888 - Died 15 Sept 1916
- Service number
- WWI 9/1256 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Otago Mounted Rifles > transferred to NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 February 2016 - Military Record
- Last rank
- WW1 Private Military personnel file New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Military personnel file
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
- PrivatePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 February 2016 - Military Record
- Forenames
- William AWMM
- Surname
- Allison AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 9/1256 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Religion
- Presbyterian, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 10 Nov 1888 Military personnel file
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
- son of John & Isabella Allison of Balclutha, OtagoPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 February 2016 - http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/william-allison
- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Pre 11 Jun 1915 AWMM Post Office., Stony Creek, Balclutha, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Mrs G. Keach (sister), Balclutha, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- 1916 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Egyptian, Egyptian EF & Western EuropeanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 February 2016 - Military Record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Otago Mounted Rifles > transferred to NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 February 2016 - Military Record
- Service number
- WWI 9/1256 AWMM
- Military service
- 1915-1916Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 February 2016 - Military Record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
- New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM
Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
- Plaque & Scroll # 500190Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 February 2016 - Military Record
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 11 Jun 1915 Military personnel file
Age 26 AWMM
Farm hand/Civilian Military personnel file - 13 June 1915 at TrenthamPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 February 2016 - Military Record
- WW1 11 Jun 1915 Military personnel file
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 14 Aug 1915-19 Sep 1915 Military personnel file
HMNZT 28 Military personnel file Vessel was Tofua AWMM Trooper Military personnel file Otago Mounted Rifles Military personnel file 6th Reinforcements AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private Military personnel file
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Military personnel file - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of John Allison, of Balclutha, Otago, and Isabella Allison. Native of Puerua, Otago.
He was buried in the field in one of several scattered graves.
Two pages of his personnel record are misfiled on the personnel file for William Allison (25/575) (Sept 2015, National Archives has been advised)
Next of Kin: Mrs G. Keach, Balclutha, Otago (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 15 Sept 1916 Military personnel file
Age 28 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- PRIVATE WILLIAM ALLISON. Mr John Allison, of North Balclutha, has received telegraphic advice from the Minister for Defence that his son, Private William Allison, has been killed in action in France. Private Allison, who is well known locally, went to Egypt as a trooper with the Sixth Reinforcements. After the Gallipoli campaign he was transferred to the infantry for service in France. Prior to enlistment he was for some time engaged as a rabbiter. His death will be regretted by his many friends in this districtPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 February 2016 - Clutha Leader, Volume XLIII, Issue 26, 29 September 1916, Page 5
- Memorial name
- Balclutha's War MemorialPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 February 2016 - http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/balclutha-war-memorial
- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22270907
Sources Used - 'Tikitiki church war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/tikitiki-church-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-Oct-2014
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1462820/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1462820
Further Reference - Ngāi Tahu Roll of Honour
https://heraumahara.nz/roll-of-honour/#A-0
Further Reference - Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 11 - 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 - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- The Surcingle : official organ of the Silent Sixth Rfcts, New Zealand Expdy Force. [At sea] : [Magazine Committee], 1915.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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