Vincent Aemilian HOLBECHE

Regimental number28588
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinWife, Mrs A B Holbeche, c/o J Barstow, Epsom, Auckland
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Auckland Infantry Battalion, A 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 rankSergeant
Final unit3rd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 18 October 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 1), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Alice Beatrice Holbeche, Epsom, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 47, p. 1

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