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William Allison

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 24), Page: 14 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 24), Page: 14 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William AWMM
  • Surname
    Allison AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 25/575 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 November 1890 Military personnel file Invercargill, Southland Military personnel file
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 C/o J.P. Little, Patearoa, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Jimina Janet Hislop Allison (wife), care of Mrs J. McNeil, Ellis Road, Invercargill South, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 February 1916 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM
    Married, 1 child AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 25/575 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 13 October 1915 Military personnel file
    Age 24 AWMM
    Cook and Baker/Civilian Military personnel file
  • 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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5 foot 9 inches AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      165 pounds AWMM
    • Jun 1917 AWMMHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Wounded back, right arm, face AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Invalided to NZ, embarked for New Zealand August 1917 AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Mrs Jimina Janet Hislop Allison (nee McNeil), married 1915. Father of Nora, born 1916.

    Two pages of the personnel file for William Allison (9/1256) are misfiled on this soldier's file. (Sep 2015 National Archives advised) AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    1 September 1953 Military personnel file
    Age 61 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury Military personnel file
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Eastern Cemetery Corner of East and Rockdale Roads Invercargill Southland New Zealand AWMM General - 10 / 42 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      24: 14 AWMM
    • Blast : the magazine of the Third Battalion of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. John Long Ltd. ; [On board ship] : [H.M.N.Z.T. No. 42, Ulimaroa] AWMM
    • The D3 : the unofficial squeal of D Company 3rd Battalion N.Z.R.B. Magazine of troops on board H.M.N.Z.T. No. 42, 'Ulimaroa'. AWMM

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