MASSON, William Maitland Douglas
| Service Number: | 3185 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sawmill worker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 1 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V, Row C, Grave No. 9, Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Peronne, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton War Memorial, Newcastle East Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3185, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 3185, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 3185, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Henry Masson and his brother William Maitland Douglas Masson enlisted together in Newcastle during October 1916. They were both killed in action on the same day during an attack on Peronne by the 53rd Battalion. From the Red Cross statements, the brothers were serving in the same platoon of D Company and were killed within an hour during a long and fierce assault by the 53rd Battalion. They are both buried in the same cemetery at Peronne. They had two brothers who also enlisted, Albert who died of influenza in France three months later and Andrew Masson, who enlisted at the age of 16 and was the only one of four brothers to return to Australia.
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