William Joseph Frearson

1888-1942

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37581

About

Born

20 March 1888
Parent

Mother

Annie Frearson
Work

Occupation

Assayer

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 54

20 May 1942

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 119/0042335, 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 Joseph Frearson (1888-1942)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/291