New Zealand Tunnellers

Unit

3rd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37467

About

Born in New Zealand

14 September 1886

Parents

Mother

Christina Waddell

Father

William Waddell

Residence

Hometown

Kaitangata

Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Geo Sparks, Millowner

Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

World War I (1914-1918)

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Died at the age of 70

3 November 1956

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 31/0117580, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.45, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 37.

Anthony Byledbal, “William Waddell (1886-1956)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/876