Wilfred HORSPOOL

Regimental number38532
OccupationSalesman
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen Horspool, 48 Khyber Pass Road, Auckland
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 February 1917
New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, J Company embarked on two ships, 'Navua' and 'Aparima'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 24/06/917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot IX, Row I, Grave No 8), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ellen Horspool, 57 Mount Eden Road, Auckland, and the late Alfred Horspool
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 55, p. 34

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