Walter Ernest Debenham

1886-1967

Unit

1st Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1610

About

Born in England

4 September 1886
Live

Hometown

Waihi
Work

Occupation

Electrician

Employer

Waihi Gold Mining Company
Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

A. Debenham

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 80

2 February 1967

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 W5537 26/0033002, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 6.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Walter Ernest Debenham (1886-1967)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/201