William John Dyer

1885-1969

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37618

About

Born in New Zealand

17 December 1885
Parents

Mother

Sarah Dyer

Father

Cornclam Dyer
Live

Hometown

Auckland
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Crahley Bros, Avondale
Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Irene Ellen May Dyer

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 83

8 October 1969

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 61/0036544, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.55, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “William John Dyer (1885-1969)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/234