Capt. William Colenso Drummond

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Capt. William Colenso Drummond

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Birthplace: Onga Onga, Hawke's Bay, North Island, NewZealand
Death: November 20, 1918 (38)
Dannevirke, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand (World War I: Died after Discharge [Shell Shock | 1918 Influenza Pandemic].)
Place of Burial: [Division P, Plot 44.], Dannevirke, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Son of John Drummond and Jessie Davidson Drummond
Husband of Maud Annie Drummond
Brother of Lucy Agnes Hudson; John Drummond; David Drummond; Norman Drummond; James Edward Drummond and 2 others

Occupation: New Zealand Rifle Brigade.
Find A Grave ID: 121208938
Service No: WWI 25/3
Managed by: Jason Scott Wills
Last Updated:

About Capt. William Colenso Drummond

Son of Colonel John and Jessie Drummond (nee McLeod). Husband of Maud Annie Drummond (nee Hansaid), married 1909, of 42, Swinburn St., Dannevirke. Father of Jessie Hansard Drummond b1910. Prominent competitor at the NZ Rifle Association's meetings. According to his WW1 file, William Colenso Drummond was married in Dannevirke and his only child was born in Westport before the War. He was shell-shocked in France and invalided back to NZ – his discharge address was given as his father’s address in Dannevirke where he died in 1918.

Sources

  1. Cenotaph: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/...
  2. New Zealand and World War One Roll of Honour: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sooty/genealogy/nzefrohD.html / Ref 8.4.2021
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Capt. William Colenso Drummond's Timeline

1880
September 13, 1880
Onga Onga, Hawke's Bay, North Island, NewZealand
1918
November 20, 1918
Age 38
Dannevirke, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
November 20, 1918
Age 38
Mangatera Cemetery, [Division P, Plot 44.], Dannevirke, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand