William Manson joined the Otago Infantry Regiment and served with them on Gallipoli, where he was wounded in the arm. Recovering from that, he soon after was treated for acute appendicitis.
William died at sea, near the island of Malta, of epilepsy. His remains lie in the Mediterranean Sea.
DEATHS.
FOR KING AND COUNTRY.
MANSON. — On the 3rd September, at sea, Private William Norman Manson, only and dearly loved eon of Henrietta Manson, St. Leonards, and the late William Manson, electrician the Great Northern Telegraph Company, Aberdeen, Scotland. Greater love hath no man. -Evening Star, 20/9/1915.
Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin.
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