Percy Emanuel HOLST

Regimental number49959
Date of birth3 February 1884
Place of birthLyttelton, Canterbury
OccupationArchitect
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinWife, Mrs F P Holst, 199 Ythan Street, Invercargill
Enlistment date21 February 1917
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 31st Reinforcements, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 97 Tahiti on 16 November 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 12 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialSt Nicholas' Churchyard (Plot A, Row 4, Grave No 15), Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Florence P Holst, 10 Cranford Street, St Albans, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 75, p. 21