Claude Findley Manson

Private

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Manson, of Avonhead Rd., Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

Archives New Zealand

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

“PRIVATE C. F. MANSON. Private Claude F. Manson, died of wounds, was the second son of Mr and Mrs J. H. Manson, of Avonhead Road, Upper Riccarton, late of Governor's Bay, where the late soldier was born and educated. Private Manson left with the 31st Reinforcement.” [Sun (Christchurch), Volume V, Issue 1437, 20 September 1918, Page 3]

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Casualty

Service Number:

63261

Name:

Claude Findley Manson

Rank:

Private

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Mrs J. Manson (mother), Avonhead Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Occupation on Enlistment:

Labourer

Unit:

NZEF, Otago Regiment, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of wounds

Date of Death:

07 September 1918

Day of Death:

Saturday

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Embarkation Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

21 November 1917

Transport:

HMNZT 96

Vessel:

Maunganui

Destination:

Liverpool, England

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen

Cemetery Reference:

R. II. M. 20.

Cemetery Location:

France