Walter Beville Wade

Rifleman

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Son of Albert George and Mary Airedale Wade, of 134, Wheturangi Rd., One Tree Hill, Auckland. Born at Taranaki.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

The death occurred at the Waikato Hospital on March 9th, of Walter Beville Wade, the second son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wade of Monavale,

The deceased, who was only 22 years of age at the time of his death, left New Zealand with the 13th Reinforcements. He was very well known around the Cambridge district. The funeral took place yesterday at the Pukerimu cemetery, in the presence of a large number of sorrowing relatives and friends.

As the cortege reached the cemetery four returned soldiers were observed on the roadside standing at the salute. They fell in behind the funeral, and on arrival at the cemetery carried their dead comrade from the hearse to the graveside, and assisted in the sad duty of lowering the coffin into the grave.

The burial service was also conducted by a returned soldier in the person of Canon Williams.

WAIKATO INDEPENDENT, VOLUME XIX, ISSUE 2028, 12 MARCH 1918, PAGE 5

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Casualty

Service Number:

23457

Name:

Walter Beville Wade

Rank:

Rifleman

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of Sickness

Date of Death:

09 March 1918

Day of Death:

Saturday

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Pukerimu Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Left hand of Cemetery, mid-way to far left corner.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand