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Rifleman WILLIAM HENRY MELHUISH

Service Number: 21159
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Rifle Brigade

1st Bn. 3rd

Date of Death

Died 07 August 1917

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE (N.Z.) MEMORIAL

Belgium

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of William and Sarah Ann Melhuish, of Woodville, Wellington. Native of Kaikoura, Christchurch.
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MESSINES RIDGE (N.Z.) MEMORIAL
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 828
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