Regimental number | 18804 |
Occupation | Clerk |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs E M Houghton, c/o South British Insurance Company Limited, Dunedin |
Rank on embarkation | Corporal |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 15th Reinforcements, 1st Draft, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 59 Waitemata on |
Final rank | Corporal |
Final unit | No 2 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 38 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Tyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 9), Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Edward Pryce Houghton and Emma Margaret Houghton, Dunedin |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 37, p. 4 |