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Sunday, 10 August 2008

Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, Roll of Honour, Jesse Samuel Bonham
Topic: AIF - NZMRB - WMR

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Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment

Roll of Honour

Richard Burnside Mason

A brief biography of Richard Burnside Mason extracted from the Cenotaph Database hosted by the Auckland Museum.

Full Name:	Trooper Richard Burnside Mason

Rank Last Held:	Trooper

Forename(s):	Richard Burnside

Surname:	Mason

War:	World War I, 1914-1918

Serial No.:	11/1341

First Known Rank:	Trooper

Next of Kin:	Mrs Jessie Mason (mother), Koromiko Street, Gonville, Wanganui, New Zealand

Marital Status:	Single

Enlistment Address:	Koromiko Street, Gonville, New Zealand

Military District:	Wellington

Body on Embarkation:	6th Reinforcements

Embarkation Unit:	Wellington Mounted Rifles

Embarkation Date:	14 August 1915

Place of Embarkation:	Wellington, New Zealand

Transport:	HMNZT 27 HMNZT 28

Vessel:	Willochra or Tofua

Destination:	Suez, Egypt (19 September 1915) Suez, Egypt

Page on Nominal Roll:	490

Last Unit Served:	New Zealand Machine Gun Squadron

Place of Death:	Egypt

Date of Death:	10 August 1916

Year of Death:	1916

Cause of Death:	Died of wounds

Memorial Name:	Kantara Memorial, Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt

Biographical Notes:	Son of Mrs J. Mason, of 38 River Bank, Wanganui. According to Luxford (1923), Trooper Mason was buried at Oghratina, Sinai. "Entered the School in 1909, and left after the second term of the following year. Remaining at home till 1912, he worked on his father s farm, subsequently going on to a station at Waipiro Bay in order to gain further experience. He returned home in 1915, waiting to be called up, and left with the 6th Reinforcements, joining the Wellington Mounted Rifles. While in Egypt he was transferred to the machine gun corps, and was killed on August 9th, 1916, while in pursuit of the Turks after the battle of Romani." (In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School])

Description of Image:	Portrait

Further References:	Luxford, J.H., 1923, With the Machine Gunners in France and Palestine : The Official History of the New Zealand Machine Corps in the Great World War 1914-1918, Whitcombe and Tombs, Auckland, p. 251. In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School], Wanganui Chronicle Co. Ltd. [printer], Wanganui, 1919[?] Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.

Sources Used:	Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919

Lest we forget

Further Reading:

Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment

Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, Roll of Honour

Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916

Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

Citation: Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, Roll of Honour, Richard Burnside Mason

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Updated: Saturday, 19 September 2009 2:42 PM EADT

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