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Walter Leonard Clapson

1885-1958

Unit

2nd Reinforcements

Rank

Sergeant

Serial

24502

About

Born in New Zealand

9 May 1885
Parent

Mother

E. G. Clapson
Residence

Hometown

Wellington
Work

Occupation

Clerk

Employer

Treasury, Wellington
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 73

10 October 1958

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5530 65/0024973, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.34, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 41.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Walter Leonard Clapson (1885-1958)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/125

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