
| Regimental number | 8/2023 |
| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | Rangiora |
| Occupation | Farm labourer |
| Address | c/o G R Littburn, Pukeroa, Hunterville |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 25.4 |
| Height | 5' 6" |
| Weight | 142 lbs |
| Next of kin | Friend, G Robinson, Pukeroa via Hunterville |
| Previous military service | Nil |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on embarkation | Private |
| Enlistment status | Volunteer |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 24 Maunganui on |
| Final rank | Private |
| Final unit | 1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | Tyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 3), Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Joined unit, Gallipoli, 9 August 1915, and posted to 10th Company. Admitted to No 25 Casualty Clearing Station, Imbros, 16 August 1915 (debility); rejoined unit, Lemnos, 26 September 1915. Admitted to hospital, Lemnos, 21 October 1915; transferred to Lowland Convalescent Camp, Mudros, 3 November 1915; to Sarpi Rest Camp, Mudros, 10 November 1915; rejoined unit, Gallipoli, 21 November 1915. Disembarked Alexandria, 27 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation). Embarked Egypt to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916. Reported missing, 12 October 1917. Court of Enquiry, 17 November 1917, concluded: 'Reasonable to suppose killed in action, 12 October 1917.' Report, II Anzac Burial Corps, 19 November 1917: reported buried in the region of Passchendaele/Bellevue. Grave subsequently lost. War service: 2 years 240 days (of which 853 days were abroad) Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Fifth |
| Sources | Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 18055712 |
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