Keith Elphinstone Mason (1898 - 1918)

Born 1898 in Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand

Ancestors

Died 2 Nov 1918 at about age 20 in Cannock, Staffordshire, England

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Biography

Keith was born in 1898. He was the son of Frank Mason and Ethelinda Collins. He passed away in 1918.

Cenotaph

FULL NAME Keith Elphinstone Mason RANK LAST HELD Rifleman FORENAME(S) Keith Elphinstone SURNAME Mason WAR World War I, 1914-1918 SERIAL NO. 77157 GENDER Male FIRST KNOWN RANK Lance Corporal OCCUPATION BEFORE ENLISTMENT Farmer NEXT OF KIN F.W.A. Mason (father), Hukunui, via Eketahuna, New Zealand BODY ON EMBARKATION New Zealand Expeditionary Force EMBARKATION UNIT 42nd Reinforcements D Company EMBARKATION DATE 1 August 1918 PLACE OF EMBARKATION Wellington, New Zealand TRANSPORT HMNZT 109 VESSEL Tofua DESTINATION London, England NOMINAL ROLL NUMBER 88 PAGE ON NOMINAL ROLL 13 LAST UNIT SERVED New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Reserve) PLACE OF DEATH United Kingdom DATE OF DEATH 2 November 1918 AGE AT DEATH 20 YEAR OF DEATH 1918 CAUSE OF DEATH Died of disease CEMETERY NAME Cannock Chase War Cemetery, Staffordshire, England GRAVE REFERENCE 4. G. 16. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Keith Mason was the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. A. Mason, of Hillwood, Hukanui, Wellington, New Zealand. The following extract regarding Mason's death is taken from a letter written by Joseph Alvan Simpkin, Brockton Camp, to his mother in New Zealand, dated 1 November 1918: "I heard a little while ago that the mate who has come all the way from Tauherenikau with me is very seriously ill in the hospital. You will see his name in that magazine I sent you. It was Keith E Mason." [Ref. MS 2008/23, Folder 1] ARCHIVES NZ SOURCE Military personnel file SOURCES USED Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1919 Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/10476.detail?keywords=Mason%20Keith%20Elphinstone%20World%20War%20I,%201914-1918

• Initial information thanks to Ronald Hermon