Herbert Robert KAYE

Regimental number34084
Date of birth15 April 1885
Place of birthNapier
OccupationCarpenter
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 8"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen Kaye, 310 Hastings Street, Napier
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date19 September 1916
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 21st Reinforcements, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Waitemata on 19 January 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unitOtago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 29 May 1917
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialAll Saints Churchyard, Netheravon, Wiltshire, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles Quane Kaye, and Ellen Kaye, 310 Hastings Street, Napier
Other details

War service: England

Embarked Wellington, 19 January 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 28 March 1917, and marched into Sling Camp.

Admitted to Tidworth Military Hospital, 4 April 1917 (appendicitis); listed as 'dangerously ill', 18 April 1917; removed from 'dangerously ill' list, 17 May 1917 (peritonitis).

Died of appendicitis, 29 May 1917.

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 52, p. 21
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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