George Sydney HEALE

Regimental number26/306
Place of birthAustralia
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinWife, Mrs O M Heale, Howick, Auckland
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Ulimaroa on 6 February 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mary Strachan (formerly Heale), Napier, and the late Alfred Lawson Heale MD; husband of Olive May Bartleet (formerly Heale), Wardville, Waharoa, Waikato
Family/military connectionsBrother: 10/969 Pte Walter Gisborne HEALE, Wellington Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 8 August 1915.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 24, p. 30