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William David Tilsley

1876-1943

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.1

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1316

About

Born in New Zealand

20 February 1876
Residence

Hometown

Whangamarino
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Own
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

L. Tilsley

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 67

4 March 1943

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 W5557 2/0114669, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 2.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “William David Tilsley (1876-1943)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/846

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