Regimental number | 31398 |
Occupation | Farmer |
Next of kin | Father, A Collington, Marlow, Bay of Islands |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, J Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
The Infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked. | |
Final rank | Rifleman |
Final unit | 3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | Strand Military Cemetery (Plot IX, Row E, Grave No 3), Ploegsteert, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Alfred and Mary Collington, Marlow, Towai, New Zealand |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 17 |
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