William Pryor Harryet Tresidder Wendron to Lyttleton

William John BIRDSALL
- served in WWI as Trooper 13/232

- Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment, NZEF, Main Body
- Enlistment Address: Whangateau,
- Next of Kin: J. B. Birdsall, Whangateau, Rodney, Auckland
- DIED of WOUNDS 22nd June 1915 aged 20
- Buried Plot A. Row V. Grave 5 (A. V. 5.) in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta

He was born in 1894, 2nd of 6 children (5 sons) of:
John Bowden BIRDSALL (1867-1966) & Isabel Smith MEIKLEJOHN (1867-1959)

their 6 known CHILDREN:

... 1
1892 - ? Elizabeth Elsie Belle Birdsall

... 2
1894 - 1915 William John Birdsall
- died in WWI, as above

... 3
1899 - 1990 Edgar Bowden Birdsall
- Edgar married Ella Alexandra MATHESON in 1923
- he married Avis Hall BAILEY (1900-1983) in 1931
- daughter of Johnson Henry BAILEY & Edith Olivia HALL

... 4
1901 - 1984 Reginald Dawson Meiklejohn Birdsall
- Reginald married Jessie Cristobel MATHESON in 1926

... 5
1903 - 1994 Thomas Ralph Birdsall
- Thomas married Muriel Hall BAILEY (1904-1986) in 1929
- daughter of Johnson Henry BAILEY & Edith Olivia HALL

... 6
1906 - 1984 Gordon Murray Birdsall
- Gordon served in WWII as Sergeant 599807
- he married Annie Maude ? (1913-2006)