New Zealand Tunnellers

Unit

5th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37688

About

Born in Scotland

2 September 1872

Parents

Mother

Catherine Struthers

Father

Robert Struthers

Settled in New Zealand

1901

Residence

Hometown

Tauranga

Work

Occupation

Civil Engineer

Employer

Public Works Department

Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

World War I (1914-1918)

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Died at the age of 99

31 May 1972

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

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5553 80/0110412, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.62, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 40.

Anthony Byledbal, “William Struthers (1872-1972)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/810