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Dugald McPherson Wighton

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Headstone of Rifleman Dugald McPherson Wighton (26/1760). Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. New Zealand War Graves Trust (BEDA9498). CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Headstone of Rifleman Dugald McPherson Wighton (26/1760). Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, Wes …

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Dugald McPherson AWMM
  • Surname
    Wighton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 26/1760 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    David Wighton (father), Whakaronga, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM
  • 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
    14 Oct 1917 {Age 26} AWMMDied of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Dugald Wighton was the son of David and Isabella Wighton, of "Scotia," Eastbourne, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    14 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM V. D. 23. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Sources

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    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      27: 13 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM
    • NZWGT: Information supplied by the New Zealand War Graves Trust as part of the New Zealand War Graves project. This project was established in 2006 to record in text and photographs the 31,758 New Zealanders who have been identifed as serving with New Zealand or Allied forces, and who died in conflicts from the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) up to the present day and in peacekeeping operations. AWMM

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