William Semple was born in 1896, son of Alexander Semple (1862-1941) and Alice (Thompson) Semple (1865-1935) and rother of Donald Semple (1901-1971).
On 8 May 1915, Trooper (Private) William Semple, age 19, was killed in action with Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment in Gallipoli, Turkey during World War I. The Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment (CMR) was one of four mounted rifles regiments raised to serve overseas in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) during the First World War. The CMR was part of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade and left New Zealand with the Main Body of the NZEF in October 1914. His was Serial No. 6/1401. William Semple Memorial is in the Cromwell Cemetery, Otago, NZ and Twelve Tree Copse (New Zealand) Memorial, Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Helles, Turkey.
Family Genealogy Source: www.geni.com/people/William-Semple-1896-1915/6000000025562465454
On 8 May 1915, Trooper (Private) William Semple, age 19, was killed in action with Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment in Gallipoli, Turkey during World War I. The Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment (CMR) was one of four mounted rifles regiments raised to serve overseas in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) during the First World War. The CMR was part of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade and left New Zealand with the Main Body of the NZEF in October 1914. His was Serial No. 6/1401. William Semple Memorial is in the Cromwell Cemetery, Otago, NZ and Twelve Tree Copse (New Zealand) Memorial, Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Helles, Turkey.
Family Genealogy Source: www.geni.com/people/William-Semple-1896-1915/6000000025562465454
William Semple was born in 1896, son of Alexander Semple (1862-1941) and Alice (Thompson) Semple (1865-1935) and rother of Donald Semple (1901-1971).
On 8 May 1915, Trooper (Private) William Semple, age 19, was killed in action with Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment in Gallipoli, Turkey during World War I. The Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment (CMR) was one of four mounted rifles regiments raised to serve overseas in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) during the First World War. The CMR was part of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade and left New Zealand with the Main Body of the NZEF in October 1914. His was Serial No. 6/1401. William Semple Memorial is in the Cromwell Cemetery, Otago, NZ and Twelve Tree Copse (New Zealand) Memorial, Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Helles, Turkey.
Family Genealogy Source: www.geni.com/people/William-Semple-1896-1915/6000000025562465454
On 8 May 1915, Trooper (Private) William Semple, age 19, was killed in action with Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment in Gallipoli, Turkey during World War I. The Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment (CMR) was one of four mounted rifles regiments raised to serve overseas in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) during the First World War. The CMR was part of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade and left New Zealand with the Main Body of the NZEF in October 1914. His was Serial No. 6/1401. William Semple Memorial is in the Cromwell Cemetery, Otago, NZ and Twelve Tree Copse (New Zealand) Memorial, Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Helles, Turkey.
Family Genealogy Source: www.geni.com/people/William-Semple-1896-1915/6000000025562465454
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