William James BOND 10120, Wife Elizabeth & 2 infant daughters

BOND

In loving memory of

10120 William James

Canterbury Infantry Regiment

Passed away 18th May 1965

And his beloved wife

Elizabeth

Passed away 2nd March 1968

Also their infant daughters

Irene 1923

Doreen 1929

May they rest in peace

 

 

William:

Born 14 September 1895 or 96 [differs in areas of military records], Huntly, New Zealand

20 Sept 1916 Reported missing in the field

9 November 1916 Now reported with his unit

25 October 1918 Evacuated to hospital with Diahorrea

30 October 1918 Back with unit

16 December 1918 Appointed cook

18 February 1919 Relinquished appointment of cook

28 March 1919 Embarked for NZ on Northumberland

Next of kin was Mrs E G HEANEY, his sister of Okoroire Springs

 

Farmer before enlisting and resided in Matamata

 

William married Elizabeth MARSHALL c1921 marriage registration 1921/3618

 

His military records available to read online:

www.archway.archives.govt.nz/StreamgateProxy/fileStream?i...

 

His Cenotaph database record:

muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/66805.detail?O...

 

 

Irene:

Died aged 6 months, death registration 1923/7574

 

Doreen:

Died aged 10 months, death registration 1929/2602

 

 

SOURCES:

Military records; Dept Internal Affairs historical BDM indexes online

 

 

 

 

 

Done