William Constantine MAYNE

1870 - 1917  (46 years)

• Name	William Constantine MAYNE
  Birth	26 Mar 1870	Halswell, Christchurch, New Zealand
  Gender	Male
  Education	Will
  _UID	01EC63C1537C42C5BFA03B98A916A97F003D
  Death	14 Feb 1917	The Somme, France
  Burial	Hershin, Pas de Calais, France
  Person ID	I252	Boxers
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2010

  
  

  Father	William MAYNE,   b. 16 May 1828, Bosvathick, Cornwall, England d. 7 Feb 1909, Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Isabella Maria Bazely BOXER,   b. 20 Feb 1832, Carscannon House, Parish Of Myrea, Co Donegal, Ireland d. 6 Feb 1887, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	15 Jun 1853	Conway, Caernarvonshire, Wales
  Family ID	F127	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Florence MILLER,   b. 21 Aug 1870, Glenelg, South Australia d. 17 May 1939, Perth, West Australia (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	15 Dec 1896	Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia
  Children	1. Isabel Boxer MAYNE,   b. 27 Apr 1898, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia d. 1974, Bunbury, West Australia (Age 75 years)   2. James Arthur MAYNE,   b. 1900, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia d. 1901 (Age 1 year)   3. Helen Helga MAYNE,   b. 1902, Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia d. 8 Feb 1991, Sydney, NSW, Australia (Age 89 years)   4. Roberts Boxer MAYNE,   b. 25 Jun 1904, Burnie, Tasmania d. 10 Jul 1969 (Age 65 years)   5. Sydney James MAYNE,   b. 15 Feb 1914, Greenbushes, West Australia d. 17 Jun 2010, New South Wales, Australia (Age 96 years)
  Family ID	F132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2006

  
  

• Notes

  Will was admitted to West Christchurch school in 1877. His last day there was 25 Nov 1886 when he stated he was going t work for A J White. Although born in New Zealand, William and his brother Harry, went to Australia. Will trained as a mining engineer at Zeehan School of Mines, Tasmania. He was married there and four of his five children were born in Tasmania. After the death of his eldest son and the decline of the mines, the family moved to Western Australia and lived in various mining towns, such as Cue. Finally they settled in Greenbushes, where Will joined up during World War 1 aged 44 years.His nephew Major George MAYNE (son of James and Ada) was killed at Gallipoli and he (William) thought the family should be represented. He was in No. 2 section of No. 3 Tunnelling Corps, and was killed on the outskirts of Hershin, on the Somme. He is commemorated on the Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension ,Plate No. 27, and on the Roll of Honour in the Australian Memorial War Museum, Canberra.