William KITE

Regimental number35170
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs S Kite, Byfield, Stronggate Road, Leicester, England
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, 11th Reinforcements, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Port Lyttelton on 7 December 1916
Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 8 December 1916.
Final rankCorporal
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialGouzeaucourt New British Cemetery (Plot V, Row C, Grave No 2), neaer Cambrai, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur H G and Sarah Jane Kite, 28 Lincoln Street, Leicester, England. Native of Twickenham, Middlesex, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 47, p. 12

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