Reuben Robert ROONEY

Regimental number4/1543
AddressOtira
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Catherine Rooney, 55 Darcy Street, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Headquarters, No 2 Relief, Tunnelling Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Auckland on board HMNZT 'Ruapehu' on 18 December 1915
Final rankCorporal
Final unitNew Zealand Engineers
FateDied of disease 21 August 1916
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialSt Pol Communal Cemetery Extension (Row B, Grave No 19), Pas de Calais, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Catherine Rooney, 183 Melville Street, Hobart West, Tasmania, and the late William Rooney
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: HQ No 2 Relief/Tunnellers

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