Arthur Vincent SHRIMPTON

Regimental number30410
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs R Shrimpton, Whakamara via Hawera
Rank on embarkationCorporal
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 unit3rd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 15 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialPont-d'Achelles Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No 5), Nieppe, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ernest Alfred and Rosalie Shrimpton
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 47, p. 11

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